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Where Asia smiles : an ethnography of Philippine tourism

Title: Where Asia smiles : an ethnography of Philippine tourism / Sally Ann Ness.
Author: Ness, Sally Ann.
Publication: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2003.

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Description

xvii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Summary

This text offers an understanding of tourism & its cultural consequences in the Philippines. Ness documents the development of tourism from the perspective of the home and the cultivation of all that home supports, to explore the ways people live within the presence of a geocultural reality.

Series Statement

Contemporary ethnography

Uniform Title

Contemporary ethnography

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-295) and index.

Contents

1. Tourism and Culture -- 2. Davao Arrival -- 3. Davao Understandings of Tourism -- 4. The Excessive Destination: Pear Farm Beach Resort -- 5. Pearl Farm Beach Resort: Tourate Perspectives -- 6. The Flagship Destination: The Samal Island Tourism Estate -- 7. The Samal Island Tourism Estate: Tourate Perspectives -- 8. The Home Away from Home: Marjorie's Inn -- 9. Local Expressions of Leisure: Beach Parks -- 10. Conclusions.

ISBN

0812236858
9780812236859
0812218264
9780812218268

LCCN

2002028503

OCLC

ocm50166804
50166804
SCSB-1271386

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library