Ours to Explore : Privilege, Power, and the Paradox of Voluntourism.
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- computer
- online resource
- 9781640124783
- 361.3/7
- G156.5.V64 .B533 2021
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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