The Island: Work, Tourism and the Biopolitical

Tourist Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-108

  Minca, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biopolitics; camp; geography; island; tourism; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952490177     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797609360599     Document Type: Article

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