Hospitality, secrecy and gossip in Morocco: Hosting CouchSurfers against great odds

Hospitality and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-315

  Buchberger, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Changing forms of hospitality; CouchSurfing; Gossip; Housing; Morocco; Neighbours; Reputation; Singlehood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886588257     PISSN: 20427913     EISSN: 20427921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/hosp.1.3.299_1     Document Type: Article

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36. Buchberger, S. (2011), 'Hospitality, secrecy and gossip in Morocco: Hosting CouchSurfers against great odds', Hospitality & Society 1: 3, pp. 299-315, doi: 10.1386/hosp.1.3.299_1