Postcolonial Tourism: Literature, Culture, And Environment (routledge Research In Postcolonial Literatures)

This book is the first literary study of postcolonial tourism. Looking at the cultural and ecological effects of mass tourism development in highly exoticized island states that are still grappling with the legacies of western colonialism, Carrigan contends that postcolonial writers not only dramatize the industry’s most exploitative operations but also provide blueprints toward sustainable tourism futures. By locating this argument in the context of interdisciplinary tourism research, the study shows how imaginative literature can extend some of this field’s key theoretical concepts while making an important contribution to the interface between postcolonial studies and ecocriticism. The book also presents a framework for analyzing how an industry that is subject to constant media attention and involves a huge proportion of the global population shapes the cultural, social, and environmental milieux of postcolonial texts. Carrigan Here Examines The Aesthetic Portrayal Of Tourism In Postcolonial Literatures. Looking At The Cultural And Ecological Effects Of Mass Tourism Development In States That Are Still Grappling With The Legacies Of 'western' Colonialism, He Argues That Postcolonial Writers Provide Blueprints Toward Sustainable Tourism Futures. Introduction -- Part I. Tourism And Nature: Visual Perception And Touristed Landscapes; Contested Environments: Tourism, Indigeneity, And Ideologies Of Development; Tourism, Desecration, And Sacred Land -- Part Ii. Tourism And Culture: Touristification And Cultural Sustainability; Tourism And Reindigenization -- Part Iii. Sex, Tourism, And Embodied Experience: Sex Tourism, Beach Ecology, And Compound Disaster; Gendered Islands, Tourism, And Prostitution Discourse -- Conclusion: Storytelling, Postcapitalism, And Interdisciplinarity. Anthony Carrigan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Development Studies Book Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 8 Preface 12 Introduction 20 Part I Tourism and Nature 50 1 Visual Perception and Touristed Landscapes 52 2 Contested Environments: Tourism, Indigeneity, and Ideologies of Development 75 3 Tourism, Desecration, and Sacred Land 95 Part II Tourism and Culture 122 4 Touristification and Cultural Sustainability 124 5 Tourism and Reindigenization 148 Part III Sex, Tourism, and Embodied Experience 168 6 Sex Tourism, Beach Ecology, and Compound Disaster 170 7 Gendered Islands, Tourism, and Prostitution Discourse 189 Conclusion: Storytelling, Postcapitalism, and Interdisciplinarity 210 Notes 226 Bibliography 244 Index 262 Literature, Culture, and Environment Annotation Carrigan here examines the aesthetic portrayal of tourism in postcolonial literatures. Looking at the cultural and ecological effects of mass tourism development in states that are still grappling with the legacies of 'western' colonialism, he argues that postcolonial writers provide blueprints toward sustainable tourism futures