Diaries, dicks, and desire: How the leaky traveler troubles dominant discourse in the eroticized Caribbean

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-50

  Girman, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect theory; Dominican Republic; Embodiment; Gay travel; Orientation; Sex tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868227209     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2011.653359     Document Type: Article

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