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Cosmopolitanism and Tourism

Rethinking Theory and Practice
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Within tourism studies, the cosmopolitan potentials of tourism have often been situated within a broader conversation about globalization, an approach that implies that cosmopolitanism is a predictable by-product of globalization and becoming more cosmopolitan should be the goal of travel. And yet a fundamental value of a cosmopolitan outlook-namely, to not only to be "at home in the world" but also to experience the world in an authentic sense-depends on the culturally embedded, parochial, and particular world views which it rejects. In Cosmopolitanism and Tourism: Rethinking Theory and Practice, contributors take this as a starting point. What does a "worldly" consciousness mean to people situated in different cultural landscapes and to what extent might these intersect with cosmopolitan values? How is cosmopolitanism marketed in tourism and tourist-related industries such as service learning and study abroad? And finally, what roles do social and economic class, educational background, gender, and other factors have in cosmopolitan claims? The contributors to this edited collection address these questions in a series of case studies that range from Guatemala, Bolivia, and Ireland to China, India, and Dubai.
Part I: Cosmopolitans on Tour Chapter 1: A Cosmopolitan Sense of Place: Busking, Tourism, and Performance in `The City of Strangers' by Adam Kaul Chapter 2: Are We (Still) the World? Service Learning and the Weird Slot in Student Narratives of Study Abroad by Ben Feinberg and Sarah E. Edwards Chapter 3: Striving for Cosmopolitanism: Voluntouristic Encounters in Guatemala by Rebecca L. Nelson Chapter 4: Making the Strange Familiar, but not Necessarily the Familiar Strange: On Tour in China by Robert Shepherd Part II: Encountering Cosmopolitanism Chapter 5: From Bieber to the Buddha: "Friendly Guides" and Cosmopolitanism from Below in Bodh Gaya, India by David Geary Chapter 6: Dirty Work, Glamorous Migrant: Korean Emirates Airlines Female Flight Attendants and Cosmopolitan Racial and National Hierarchies Alex Jong-Seok Lee Chapter 7: The Color Purple: Indigenous Weavers, Heritage Cloth and Interpretations of Cosmopolitanism in Practice by Cherubim Quizon Chapter 8: "Local-politan" Gastronomy and Bolivian Cuisine: How the Cosmopolitan is Forged from the Local by Clare A. Sammells
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