Fletcher Romancing the Wild

Cultural Dimensions of Ecotourism
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7689-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

Reihe: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century

An anthropologist and former rafting guide considers why ecotourists—almost all of whom are white, upper-middle-class Westerners—choose to engage in physically and emotionally strenuous activities such as mountain climbing and white-water rafting.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fletcher, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction. Encountering Experience 1

1. The Ecotourism Experience 29

2. Becoming an Ecotourist 45

3. Playing on the Edge 72

4. Affluence and Its Discontents 91

5. Call of the Wild 113

6. Ecotourism at Large 130

7. The Ecotourist Gaze 149

Conclusion. The Teachings of Don Quixote 167

Notes 191

Bibliography 215

Index 245

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Fletcher, a cultural anthropologist, is Associate Professor in the Department of Environment and Development at the United Nations–mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. He is the editor of Beyond Resistance: The Future of Freedom.