Volunteer tourism : popular humanitarianism in neoliberal times /
Mostafanezhad, Mary
Volunteer tourism : popular humanitarianism in neoliberal times / Mary Mostafanezhad - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, 2014. - 169 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: Sentimental Sojourns in Northern Thailand -- 2. "Making a Difference One Village at a Time": Volunteer Tourism and the Peace Corps Effect -- 3. The Seduction of Development: NGOs and Alternative Tourism in Northern Thailand -- 4. Cosmopolitan Empathy, New Social Movements and the Moral Economy of Volunteer Tourism -- 5. The Cultural Politics of Sentimentality in Volunteer Tourism -- 6. Converging Interests? Cross-Cultural Authenticity in Volunteer Tourism -- 7. Conclusion -- Re-mapping the Movement: Popular Humanitarianism and the Geopolitics of Hope in Volunteer Tourism.
9781409469537 9781409469544 (ebook)
Volunteer Tourism
Humanitarianism
Neoliberalism
910 / MOS/V
Volunteer tourism : popular humanitarianism in neoliberal times / Mary Mostafanezhad - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, 2014. - 169 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: Sentimental Sojourns in Northern Thailand -- 2. "Making a Difference One Village at a Time": Volunteer Tourism and the Peace Corps Effect -- 3. The Seduction of Development: NGOs and Alternative Tourism in Northern Thailand -- 4. Cosmopolitan Empathy, New Social Movements and the Moral Economy of Volunteer Tourism -- 5. The Cultural Politics of Sentimentality in Volunteer Tourism -- 6. Converging Interests? Cross-Cultural Authenticity in Volunteer Tourism -- 7. Conclusion -- Re-mapping the Movement: Popular Humanitarianism and the Geopolitics of Hope in Volunteer Tourism.
9781409469537 9781409469544 (ebook)
Volunteer Tourism
Humanitarianism
Neoliberalism
910 / MOS/V