Theorizing slum tourism: Performing, negotiating and transforming inequality

European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-123

  Dürr, Eveline ^a   Jaffe, Rivke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inequality; Jamaica.; Mexico; Tourism; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873923599     PISSN: 09240608     EISSN: 18794750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18352/erlacs.8367     Document Type: Article

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