The Virtuous Tourist: Consumption, Development, and Nongovernmental Governance in a Mozambican Village

American Anthropologist

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 639-651

  Baptista, João Afonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community Based Tourism; Development; Ethical Consumption; Governmentality; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870439126     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2012.01515.x     Document Type: Article

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