The eroticization of labor in Cuba's all-inclusive resorts: Performing race, class and gender in the new tourist economy

Social Identities

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 507-521

  Cabezas, Amalia L ^a  

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Indexed keywords

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 33748999994     PISSN: 13504630     EISSN: 13630296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504630600920092     Document Type: Article

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