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020 _a9781409469537
020 _a9781409469544 (ebook)
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100 1 _aMostafanezhad, Mary
245 1 0 _aVolunteer tourism : popular humanitarianism in neoliberal times /
_cMary Mostafanezhad
260 _aFarnham, Surrey, England ;
_aBurlington, VT :
_bAshgate Publishing Company,
_c2014.
300 _a169 p.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _a1. 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.
650 0 _aVolunteer Tourism
650 0 _aHumanitarianism
650 0 _aNeoliberalism
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