The Impact of Tourism in East Africa : : A Ruinous System / / Anne Storch, Angelika Mietzner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Channel View Publications eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Storch, Anne,; Mietzner, Angelika,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 58
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Boxes --; Abbreviations --; Check-in --; 1 Boarding --; 2 Terrible Magical Ways of Healing --; 3 The Philosophy of Hakuna Matata --; 4 Karen --; 5 Highway to Hell --; 6 Ruins on the Beach --; 7 Relocation and Relationships --; 8 On Various Boundaries --; 9 Hostility on a T-Shirt --; 10 Movies on Sex Tourism that You Shouldn't Miss --; 11 The Ancient Speaker --; 12 Cooking Class --; 13 Glossy Glossary --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845418380; 9783110754315; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754179; 9783110753943
• DOI: 10.21832/9781845418380
• Access: Open Access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Anne Storch, Angelika Mietzner.

This book explores the relationship between imperial formations and individual encounters at African tourist sites. It examines how encounters between tourists and hosts tend to be constructed along colonial thought lines and shows that ruination is omnipresent in postcolonial tourist settings. This book is open access under a CC BY ND licence.