Behind the smile [electronic resource] : the working lives of Caribbean tourism / George Gmelch.

Behind the smile [electronic resource] : the working lives of Caribbean tourism / George Gmelch.

Second edition.

9780253001290 (electronic book)
9780253001238

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2012]

©2012

English

1 online resource (x, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps

G155.C35 G63 2012eb

331.7/619172981

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 surrounding 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 develop[ment].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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