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Tourism, diasporas, and space / edited by Tim Coles and Dallen J. Timothy

Timothy, Dallen J. ; Coles, Tim Edward

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004

Online-Ressource (xiv, 302 p) : ill., maps

Englisch

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 'My field is the world': conceptualizing diasporas, travel and tourism; Diasporic experiences of tourism; Tourism and third space populations: the restless motion of diaspora peoples; Conceptualizing return visits: a transnational perspective; Tourism, racism and the UK Afro-Caribbean diaspora; Linking diasporas and tourism: transnational mobilities of Pacific Islanders resident in New Zealand; Jewish past as a 'foreign country': the travel experiences of American Jews

American children of the African diaspora: journeys to the motherlandPreparation, simulation and the creation of community: Exodus and the case of diaspora education tourism; 'To stand in the shoes of my ancestors': tourism and genealogy; Settings and spaces for diaspora tourism; The 'isle of home' is always on your mind: subjectivity and space at Ellis Island Immigration Museum; The culture of tourism in the diaspora: the case of the Vietnamese community in Australia; Mobilizing Hrvatsko: tourism and politics in the Croatian diaspora

Sojourners, guanxi and clan associations: social capital and overseas Chinese tourism to ChinaMobilizing diasporas for tourism; Diaspora, cultural capital and the production of tourism: lessons from enticing Jewish-Americans to Germany; Mae'n Bryd I ddod Adref It's Time to Come Home: exploring the contested emotional geographies of Wales; India and the ambivalences of diaspora tourism; Reinventing Tulip Time: evolving diasporic Dutch heritage celebration in Holland (Michigan); Selling diaspora: producing and segmenting the Jewish diaspora tourism market

Tourism and diasporas: current issues and future opportunitiesIndex

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version: Tourism, Diasporas and Space

0-203-45838-9 ; 0-415-31124-1 (hardback : alk. paper)

978-0-415-31124-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Online-Ausg.

2009

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

G155.A1

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LOC-SH: Identity (Psychology) ; Emigration and immigration ; Ethnicity ; Travelers -- Attitudes ; Tourism -- Social aspects

Emigration and immigration ; Ethnicity ; Identity (Psychology) ; Tourism ; Social aspects ; Travelers ; Attitudes ; Electronic books

The book introduces the main features and constructs of diasporas, and explores their implications for the consumption, production and practices of tourism