Tourism, Magic and Modernity

Tourism, Magic and ModernityDrawing from extended fieldwork in La Runion, in the Indian Ocean, the author suggests an innovative re reading of different concepts of magic that emerge in the global cultural economics of tourism. Following the making and unmaking of the tropical island tourism destination of La Runion, he demonstrates how destinations are transformed into magical pleasure gardens in which human life is cultivated for tourist consumption. Like a gardener would

and the abolition of private capital—continue to inform left-wing politics today

leading lawyers through change

these essays explore the changing and often contested boundaries between what was and is considered work in different Euro-American contexts over several centuries

It was against this background that the “Amarna Revolution” occurred

the contributors outline an alternative

whether the masculinity in it should be seen negatively or as signs of a new hopefulness about Hong Kong's future

(3) clustering techniques classifying data in different combinations of many variables in discrete classes or clusters

is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers

history of photography

This book takes readers from the past spiritual masters to the future of masters of any sort

who speak of looking to her prose style as a model for their own

This third volume of the successful Directory of World Cinema series to focus on American independent filmmaking presents in-depth essays on forty-four filmmakers who have primarily worked outside the mainstream or on its industrial margins