Behind the smile [electronic resource] : the working lives of Caribbean tourism / George Gmelch.
Gmelch, George.
2012
G155.C35 G63 2012eb
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Title Behind the smile [electronic resource] : the working lives of Caribbean tourism / George Gmelch.
Author Gmelch, George.
Edition 2nd ed.
ISBN 9780253001290 (electronic book)
9780253001238
Publication Details Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 256 p.) : ill., maps.
Call Number G155.C35 G63 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.7/619172981
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 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].
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Island tourism
Work and encounters in tourism
The airport
The hotel
The beach
The attractions
The research and promotion of tourism.

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