Touring Poverty

By Bianca Freire-Medeiros

Book Overview

Touring Poverty addresses a highly controversial practice: the transformation of impoverished neighbourhoods into valued attractions for international tourists. With a full and sensitive exploration of the ethical debates surrounding the 'sale of emotions' elicited by the first-hand contemplation of poverty, Touring Poverty is an innovative book that provokes the reader to think about the role played by tourism - and our role as tourists - within a context of growing poverty.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113882268X
• ISBN13: 9781138822689
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"