Touring Poverty

by Bianca Freire-Medeiros

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113882268X
• ISBN13: 9781138822689
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"