Bounded tourism: Immigrant politics, consumption, and traditions at plaza Mexico

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-213

  Irázabal, Clara ^a   Gómez Barris, Macarena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaspora; Immigrant politics; Los Angeles; Place; Plaza Mexico; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249143782     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jtcc100.0     Document Type: Article

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