Tropical Whites The Rise of the Tourist South in the Americas |
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| Author:
| Cocks, Catherine |
| Series title: | Nature and Culture in America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-4499-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $80.00 |
Book Description:
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Tropical Whites explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. Catherine Cocks argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity.
Tropical Whites explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. Catherine Cocks argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity.