Behind the Smile : The Working Lives of Caribbean Tourism.

By: Gmelch, GeorgeMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (228 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780253110640Subject(s): Tourism -- Caribbean Area -- Anecdotes | Tourism -- Caribbean Area -- Employees -- AnecdotesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Behind the Smile : The Working Lives of Caribbean TourismDDC classification: 338.4/79172981 LOC classification: G155.C35 -- G63 2003ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- 1 Island Tourism -- 2 Work and Encounters in Tourism -- 3 The Airport -- 4 The Hotel -- 5 The Beach -- 6 The Attractions -- 7 Government and Tourism -- 8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Behind the Smile is an inside look at the world of Caribbean tourism as seen through the lives of the men and women in the tourist industry in Barbados. The workers represent every level of tourism, from maid to hotel manager, beach gigolo to taxi driver, red cap to diving instructor. These highly personal accounts offer insight into complex questions about tourism: how race shapes interactions between tourists and workers, how tourists may become agents of cultural change, the meaning of sexual encounters between locals and tourists, and the real economic and ecological costs of development through tourism. This updated edition includes several new narratives and a new chapter about American students' experiences during summer school and home stays in Barbados.
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Intro -- Preface -- 1 Island Tourism -- 2 Work and Encounters in Tourism -- 3 The Airport -- 4 The Hotel -- 5 The Beach -- 6 The Attractions -- 7 Government and Tourism -- 8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.

Behind the Smile is an inside look at the world of Caribbean tourism as seen through the lives of the men and women in the tourist industry in Barbados. The workers represent every level of tourism, from maid to hotel manager, beach gigolo to taxi driver, red cap to diving instructor. These highly personal accounts offer insight into complex questions about tourism: how race shapes interactions between tourists and workers, how tourists may become agents of cultural change, the meaning of sexual encounters between locals and tourists, and the real economic and ecological costs of development through tourism. This updated edition includes several new narratives and a new chapter about American students' experiences during summer school and home stays in Barbados.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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