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. In the megacities of the Global South, selected and idealized aspects of poverty are being turned into a tourist commodity for consumption.

The book takes the reader on a journey through Rocinha, a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro which is advertised as "the largest favela in Latin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415596548
• ISBN13: 9780415596541
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"