‘Because It Was a Bit Like Going to an Adventure Park’: The Politics of Hospitality in Transnational Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Activist Networks

Tourist Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-174

  Binnie, Jon ^a   Klesse, Christian ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activist tourism; bisexual; gay; hospitality; Krakow; lesbian; Poland; solidarity; transgender and queer politics; transnational activist networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255168702     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: 17413206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797611424954     Document Type: Article

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