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Take me to my paradise : tourism and nationalism in the British Virgin Islands / Colleen Ballerino Cohen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 270 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813550312
  • 0813550319
  • 1283864193
  • 9781283864190
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Take me to my paradise.DDC classification:
  • 972.97/25 22
LOC classification:
  • G155.B73 C65 2010
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Contents:
Introduction: Take me to my paradise -- Tourism's paradise : historical background -- Making paradise as a tourist desti-nation -- "Nature's little secrets" : marketing paradise and making nation -- Cultural negotiations : race, identity, and citizenship -- Like looking at ourselves in a mirror : collaborative ethnography in paradise -- Stanley's swing and other intimate encounters -- Of festivals, calypso kings, and beauty queens -- Performing paradise and making culture -- Conclusion: Technically, it's a country.
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Summary: The British Virgin Islands (BVI) markets itself to international visitors as a paradise. But just whose paradise is it? Take Me to My Paradise looks at the many players in the BVI tourism culture, including immigrants working in a tourism economy, nationalists struggling to maintain some control, and the anthropologist trying to make sense of it all. The result is a richly detailed and accessible ethnography on the impact of tourism on a country that came into being as a tourist destination.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Take me to my paradise -- Tourism's paradise : historical background -- Making paradise as a tourist desti-nation -- "Nature's little secrets" : marketing paradise and making nation -- Cultural negotiations : race, identity, and citizenship -- Like looking at ourselves in a mirror : collaborative ethnography in paradise -- Stanley's swing and other intimate encounters -- Of festivals, calypso kings, and beauty queens -- Performing paradise and making culture -- Conclusion: Technically, it's a country.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) markets itself to international visitors as a paradise. But just whose paradise is it? Take Me to My Paradise looks at the many players in the BVI tourism culture, including immigrants working in a tourism economy, nationalists struggling to maintain some control, and the anthropologist trying to make sense of it all. The result is a richly detailed and accessible ethnography on the impact of tourism on a country that came into being as a tourist destination.

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