Favela Tours

Favela Tours
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781786307675
ISBN-13 : 1786307677
Rating : 4/5 (677 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Favela Tours by : Thomas Apchain

Download or read book Favela Tours written by Thomas Apchain and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-12-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a long time, favelas were a source of fear for tourists visiting Rio de Janeiro. Now that they are more appealing, some have become popular tourist destinations even though they are still regarded as an "off the beaten track" activity. Favela Tours analyzes the factors behind the emergence of tourism in the favelas, places of otherness and authenticity for visitors who come mainly from Western Europe and North America. Based on ethnography of those involved in these practices (guides, residents and tourists), this book describes how the local and global forces are converging to make favelas part of the western tourism system: a mechanism for fabricating and assimilating otherness.


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