Stuck with Tourism: Space, Power, and Labor in Contemporary Yucatan by Matilde C

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Stuck with Tourism by Matilde Córdoba Azcárate Tourism has become one of the most powerful forces organizing the predatory geographies of late capitalism. It creates entangled futures of exploitation and dependence, extracting resources and labor, and eclipsing other ways of doing, living, and imagining life. And yet, tourism also creates jobs, encourages infrastructure development, and in many places inspires the only possibility of hope and well-being. Stuck with Tourism explores the ambivalent nature of tourism by drawing on ethnographic evidence from the Mexican Yucatán Peninsula, a region voraciously transformed by tourism development over the past forty years. Contrasting labor and lived experiences at the beach resorts of CancÚn, protected natural enclaves along the Gulf coast, historical buildings of the colonial past, and maquilas for souvenir production in the Maya heartland, this book explores the moral, political, ecological, and everyday dilemmas that emerge when, as Yucatáns inhabitants put it, people get stuck in tourisms grip. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Flap "This original ethnography offers a new theoretical perspective on tourism and its impact on local communities. Rather than accepting the received view that tourism benefits the inhabitants of a place, it takes a more critical perspective that uncovers how tourism restructures every aspect of the environment and the economy through its predatory and extractive practices."--Setha M. Low, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Psychology, Anthropology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Womens Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York "Through deep ethnographic detail, Matilde C Author Biography Matilde Córdoba Azcárate is Associate Professor in the Communication Department at the University of California, San Diego. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Predatory and Sticky Tourism Geographies 1 • Beach Enclosures: Manufacturing a Caribbean Paradise 2 • Wild Hotspots: Contested Natures on the Maya Coast 3 • Colonial Enclaves: Site-Specific Indigeneity for Luxury Tourism 4 • City-Village: Domestic Maquila in the Tourist Offstage Conclusion: Tourism Fixation and Disciplinary Retoolings Notes References Index Review "This book is packed with rich material. Each of the four case studies could be its own monograph. This book is most important for two audiences (with fortunate overlap), those in tourism studies of any region and those dedicated to following scholarship of Mexico and/or Yucatan or Maya studies. This book would be excellent for use in Anthropology, Latin American Studies, or Global Studies classes." * The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *"Stuck with Tourism is an engaging read that brings into focus concerns about tourism that go beyond the headlines." * Journal of Latin American Geography *"Matilde Córdoba Azcárates Stuck with Tourism powerfully details the predatory nature of tourism industry development." * Anthropology Book Forum *"Stuck with Tourism is both timely and salient. . . .[its] theoretically informed but empirically supported and widely accessible thesis also makes it ideal reading for undergraduates and the general public." * Hispanic American Historical Review *"Azcárates writing is powerful, grabbing the reader from the first few sentences of the introduction. This book is a wonderful addition to the growing body of scholarship that brings the tensions of tourism to the surface." * New Mexico Historical Review *"Her sophisticated theoretical framework integrates perspectives from anthropology and geography revolving around spatial, economic ecological, and cultural dimensions of this multifaceted phenomenon." * The Latin Americanist * Review Quote "This book is packed with rich material. Each of the four case studies could be its own monograph. This book is most important for two audiences (with fortunate overlap), those in tourism studies of any region and those dedicated to following scholarship of Mexico and/or Yucatan or Maya studies. This book would be excellent for use in Anthropology, Latin American Studies, or Global Studies classes." Details ISBN0520344480 Publisher University of California Press Year 2020 ISBN-10 0520344480 ISBN-13 9780520344488 Format Hardcover Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Space, Power, and Labor in Contemporary Yucatan Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States Short Title Stuck with Tourism Language English DEWEY 306.4819097265 UK Release Date 2020-10-20 Pages 316 Publication Date 2020-10-20 AU Release Date 2020-10-20 NZ Release Date 2020-10-20 US Release Date 2020-10-20 Illustrations 20 b-w photographs, 5 maps Author Matilde Córdoba Azcárate Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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