Biddle, Pippa.

Ours to Explore : Privilege, Power, and the Paradox of Voluntourism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages)

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. 1866: A Woman in India -- 2. A Certain Kind of Tourism -- 3. Cars, Planes, and Resorts -- 4. The Alternative Tourism Boomerang -- 5. The Age of Voluntourism -- 6. Colonial Pathologies -- 7. Faith, Purpose, and Mission -- 8. The Development Conundrum -- 9. Playing Doctor -- 10. Teaching Children -- 11. Orphanages -- 12. An Indictment -- 13. Turning Tide -- 14. The Future of Voluntourism -- 15. On to an End -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Ours to Explore investigates voluntourism's past and present, uncovering the complicated roots of the modern global phenomenon.

9781640124783


Volunteer tourism.
Tourism-Moral and ethical aspects.


Electronic books.

G156.5.V64 .B533 2021

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