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1 online resource (xvii, 270 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Take me to my paradise -- Tourism's paradise : historical background -- Making paradise as a tourist desti-nation -- "Nature's little secrets" : marketing paradise and making nation -- Cultural negotiations : race, identity, and citizenship -- Like looking at ourselves in a mirror : collaborative ethnography in paradise -- Stanley's swing and other intimate encounters -- Of festivals, calypso kings, and beauty queens -- Performing paradise and making culture -- Conclusion: Technically, it's a country. |
| Summary |
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) markets itself to international visitors as a paradise. But just whose paradise is it? Take Me to My Paradise looks at the many players in the BVI tourism culture, including immigrants working in a tourism economy, nationalists struggling to maintain some control, and the anthropologist trying to make sense of it all. The result is a richly detailed and accessible ethnography on the impact of tourism on a country that came into being as a tourist destination. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tourism -- British Virgin Islands.
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Tourism. |
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British Virgin Islands. |
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Culture and tourism -- British Virgin Islands.
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Culture and tourism. |
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Nationalism -- British Virgin Islands.
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Nationalism. |
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British Virgin Islands -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cohen, Colleen Ballerino. Take me to my paradise. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2009052304 (OCoLC)494281508 |
| ISBN |
9780813550312 (electronic book) |
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0813550319 (electronic book) |
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9780813548098 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813548098 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813548104 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0813548101 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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