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Author Freire-Medeiros, Bianca.

Title Touring poverty / Bianca Freire-Medeiros.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2013]
©2013

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 Moore Stacks  HV4028 .F74 2013    Available  ---
Description xxii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Routledge advances in sociology ; 82
Routledge advances in sociology ; 82.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-194) and index.
Summary "The book takes the reader on a journey through Rocinha, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro which is advertised as 'the largest favela in Latin America.' Biana Freire-Medeiros presents interviews with tour operators, guides, tourists and dwellers to explore the vital questions raised by this kind of tourism."--P. [iii].
Subject Slums.
Slums.
Tourism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Tourism.
Tourism -- Social aspects.
Tourism -- Social aspects.
Poverty.
Poverty.
ISBN 9780415596541 hardback
0415596548 hardback
9780203840719 ebook
0203840712 ebook