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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert FletcherPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.358kg ISBN: 9780822356004ISBN 10: 0822356007 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 12 March 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 245ReviewsIn Romancing the Wild, Robert Fletcher examines the cultural processes embedded in, and brought to light by, ecotourism practices. Through vivid ethnography and careful conceptual framing, he shows ecotourism to be an organized system of ideas, practices, and values that produces places and peoples, and structures the interface between the natural and the cultural. Fletcher reads ecotourism through critical political economy, poststructuralism, and psychoanalysis and unpacks it as work, leisure, production, and consumption. With this, he gives the reader a truly anthropological view of one of the most enduring artifacts of modernity. - Paige West, author of From Modern Production to Imagined Primitive: The Social World of Coffee from Papua New Guinea Thorough and sophisticated, Romancing the Wild is likely to become the key scholarly reference in contemporary studies of ecotourism. Its scope and depth mean it is a very useful resource for anthropologists, sociologists, historians, and geographers alike. It has even broader theoretical significance as a fascinating sociocultural analysis of contemporary ecotourism as a phenomenon of late-industrial society. - Rosaleen Duffy, author of Nature Crime: How We're Getting Conservation Wrong Although the main topic in this substantially researched title is why people engage in ecotourism, the practical implications of this study are important. Because ecotourism brings funds to environmentally sensitive regions and raises awareness of local issues, environmentalists have promoted it as a beneficial and fun way of saving the world. While this is true in some cases, the author finds that's not always the case [...] The book has serious implications for those who would promote ecotourism as a primary means of saving endangered landscapes, saying it may not be the panacea we had hoped. - John M. Kistler, Library Journal Author InformationRobert 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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