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TROPICAL WHITES
THE RISE OF THE TOURIST SOUTH IN THE AMERICAS |
| By: |
Catherine Cocks |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£79.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0812207955 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780812207958 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 March, 2013 |
| Series: |
Nature and Culture in America |
| Pages: |
276 |
| Description: |
Tropical Whites explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. Catherine Cocks argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity. |
| Synopsis: |
Tropical Whites explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. Catherine Cocks argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity. |
| Illustrations: |
9 color, 12 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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