{"product_id":"take-me-to-my-paradise-tourism-and-nationalism-in-the-british-virgin-islands-paperback-softback-9780813548104","title":"Take Me to My Paradise; Tourism and Nationalism in the British Virgin Islands (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813548104","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTake Me to My Paradise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTourism and Nationalism in the British Virgin Islands\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColleen Ballerino Cohen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813548104\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages, 9 illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTake Me to My Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e makes a genuine contribution to the growing literature on tourism and on those societies which have become economically reliant on international tourism . . . the nuanced observations and analytical revelations are fascinating.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Cynthia Enloe (Clark University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"The British Virgin Islands tourist industry has constructed a space that meets the Western expectation of a Caribbean paradise, and Cohen focuses on how this construction affects the people who live there. She skillfully accomplishes this demanding task. Packed with useful information, this book offers the novel incorporation of the author's raw field notes which add immediacy to the narrative and give the reader insight into the vagaries of anthropological fieldwork.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Anthropological Research)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e The British Virgin Islands (BVI) markets itself to international visitors as a paradise. \u003ci\u003eBut just whose paradise is it?\u003c\/i\u003e Colleen Ballerino Cohen looks at the many players in the BVI tourism culture, from the tourists who leave their graffiti at beach bars that are popularized in song, to the waiters who serve them and the singers who entertain them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Interweaving more than twenty years of field notes, Cohen provides a firsthand analysis of how tourism transformed the BVI from a small neglected British colony to a modern nation that competes in a global economic market. With its close reading of everything from advertisements to political manifestos and constitutional reforms, \u003ci\u003eTake Me to My Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e deepens our understanding of how nationalism develops hand-in-hand with tourism, and documents the uneven impact of economic prosperity upon different populations. We hear multiple voices, including immigrants working in a tourism economy, nationalists struggling to maintain some control, and the anthropologist trying to make sense of it all. The result is a richly detailed and accessible ethnography on the impact of tourism on a country that came into being as a tourist destination. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIllustrations \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Notes and Names\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Take Me to My Paradise\u003cbr\u003e 1. Tourism's Paradise: Historical Background\u003cbr\u003e 2. Making Paradise as a Tourist Desti-Nation\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"\u003cbr\u003eNature's Little Secrets\"\u003cbr\u003e: Marketing Paradise and Making Nation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cultural Negotiations: Race, Identity, and Citizenship\u003cbr\u003e 5. Like Looking at Ourselves in a Mirror: Collaborative Ethnography in Paradise\u003cbr\u003e 6. Stanley's Swing and Other Intimate Encounters\u003cbr\u003e 7. Of Festivals, Calypso Kings, and Beauty Queens\u003cbr\u003e 8. Performing Paradise and Making Culture\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Technically, It's a County\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559299248408,"sku":"9780813548104","price":24.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/take-me-to-my-paradise-tourism-and-nationalism-in-the-british-virgin-islands-paperback-softback-9780813548104","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}