| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 256 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 development through tourism. This updated edition updates the text and includes several new narratives and a new chapter about American students' experiences during summer field school and home stays in Barbados. --From publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tourism -- Caribbean Area -- Anecdotes.
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Tourism. |
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Caribbean Area. |
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Tourism -- Caribbean Area -- Employees -- Anecdotes.
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Employees. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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Electronic books.
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Anecdotes.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gmelch, George. Behind the smile. 2nd ed. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2012 9780253001238 (DLC) 2011042309 (OCoLC)758098972 |
| ISBN |
9780253001290 electronic book |
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0253001293 electronic book |
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9780253001238 |
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0253001234 |
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