Of Tourists and Vagabonds in the Global South by Korstanje, Maximiliano E.;

Short description:

Offering a lucid diagnosis of the conflictive encounter between people experiencing homelessness and foreign tourists in Buenos Aires City, chapters examine divergent topics such as poverty tourism, safety-security in tourism, tourism consumption, heritage tourism, and anthropology of tourism.

Long description:

Zygmunt Bauman has historically debated the inconsistencies of global capitalism in his different texts and offered a diagnosis of global capitalism based on two main figures: tourists who are privileged agents legally encouraged to move and visit the world and vagabonds who are closely scrutinized and subject to a climate of oppression and immobility.

With a focus on Buenos Aires city, Maximiliano E. Korstanje critically explores the position of marginality and homeless people and how they are located alongside urban tourist resorts or luxury hotels. Offering a lucid diagnosis of the conflictive encounter between people experiencing homelessness and foreign tourists in Buenos Aires City, the chapters examine divergent topics such as poverty tourism, safety-security in tourism, tourism consumption, heritage tourism, and anthropology of tourism.

The Tourism Security-Safety and Post Conflict Destinations series provides an insightful guide for policy makers, specialists and social scientists interested in the future of tourism in a society where uncertainness, anxiety and fear prevail.

Of Tourists and Vagabonds in the Global South is a thought-provoking exploration of the intricate relationship between mobility, privilege, and the spaces we occupy. Set in the vibrant yet unequal landscape of Buenos Aires, this work delves into the hidden intersections of desperation and leisure, challenging our understanding of concepts like "non-places" and the stark division between "tourists" and "vagabonds." With a keen eye, it investigates the unsettling fascination with poverty and how safety-obsessed tourism policies can inadvertently exacerbate the marginalization of those already struggling. Prepare to have your perceptions of mobility, privilege, and the urban experience profoundly reshaped.

Table of Contents:

Foreword; Rodanthi Tzanelli

An Introduction to Poverty Tourism and Homeless Tours

Chapter 1. Poverty as a Commodity, Poverty as an Attraction

Chapter 2. Tourism Safety-Security

Chapter 3. Of Tourists and Vagabonds

Chapter 4. The Essence of Non-Places in Super-Modernity

Chapter 5. The Game of Have and Have-Nots

Chapter 6. Tourists, Vagabonds, Locals and Strangers as City-Dwellers

Conclusion: The Dreamers and Dark Tourists, a New Solution Toward an Integrated Planning or the Perpetuation of Exclusion?