ABSTRACT
Diasporas result from the scattering of populations and cultures across geographical space and time. Transnational in nature and unbounded by space, they cut across the static, territorial boundaries more usually deployed to govern tourism. In a vibrant inter-disciplinary collection of essays from leading scholars in the field, this book introduces the main features and constructs of diasporas, and explores their implications for the consumption, production and practices of tourism. Three sets of mutually reinforcing relationships are explored:
- experiences of diaspora tourists
- the settings and spaces of diaspora tourism
- the production of diaspora tourism.
Addressing the relationship between diasporic groups and tourism from both a consumer and producer perspective, examples are drawn from a wide spectrum of diasporic groups including the Chinese, Jewish, Southeast Asian, Croatian, Dutch and Welsh.
Until now, there has been no systematic and detailed treatment of the relationships between diasporas, their consumptions and the tourist experience. However, here, Coles and Timothy provide a unique navigation of the nature of these inter-connections which is ideal for students of tourism, sociology, cultural studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|30 pages
‘My field is the world’: conceptualizing diasporas, travel and tourism
part |2 pages
Part I Diasporic experiences of tourism
chapter 2|17 pages
Tourism and third space populations: the restless motion of diaspora peoples
chapter 4|16 pages
Tourism, racism and the UK Afro-Caribbean diaspora
chapter 5|17 pages
Linking diasporas and tourism
chapter 6|16 pages
Jewish past as a ‘foreign country’: the travel experiences of American Jews
chapter 8|15 pages
Preparation, simulation and the creation of community: Exodus and the case of diaspora education tourism
chapter 9|12 pages
‘To stand in the shoes of my ancestors’: tourism and genealogy
part |2 pages
Part II Settings and spaces for diaspora tourism
chapter 10|19 pages
The ‘isle of home’ is always on your mind
chapter 11|16 pages
The culture of tourism in the diaspora
part |2 pages
Part III Mobilizing diasporas for tourism