| #3468023 in Books | Bianca Freire Medeiros | 2014-11-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.21 x.47 x6.14l,.0 | File type: PDF | 224 pages | Touring Poverty||About the Author||Bianca Freire-Medeiros is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Center for Research and Documentation on Brazilian Contemporary History (CPDOC) at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a Research Fellow
Touring Poverty addresses a highly controversial practice: the transformation of impoverished neighbourhoods into valued attractions for international tourists. In the megacities of the Global South, selected and idealized aspects of poverty are being turned into a tourist commodity for consumption.
The book takes the reader on a journey through Rocinha, a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro which is advertised as "the largest favela in Latin America". Bia...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Touring Poverty (Routledge Advances in Sociology) | Bianca Freire-Medeiros. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
