ISBN:
041542013X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 255 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
International library of sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version Global Nomads : Techno and New Age as Transnational Counterculturesin Ibiza (Spain) and Goa (India)
DDC:
306/.1
Keywords:
Hippies Social life and customs
;
New Age movement
;
Ecstatic dance Social aspects
;
Techno music Social aspects
;
Globalization Social aspects
;
Transnationalism
;
Aliens Social life and customs
;
Aliens Social life and customs
;
Counterculture
;
Hippies Social life and customs
Abstract:
Examines the social life of mobile expatriates who live within a global circuit of paradoxical paradises. Based on nomadic ethnography across Spain and India, this book develops a dialogue between global and critical studies in order to address how global
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Neo-nomadism: A theory of postidentitarian mobility in the global age; 2 Expressive expatriates in Ibiza: Hypermobility as countercultural practice and identity; 3 The hippie and club scenes in Ibiza's tourism industry; 4 Osho International Meditation Resort: Subjectivity, counterculture and spiritual tourism in Pune; 5 Techno trance tribalism in Goa: The elementary forms of nomadic spirituality; 6 Global counter-conclusions: Flexible economies and subjectivities; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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