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Articulating Journeys: Festivals, Memorials, and Homecomings
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Unexpected Encounters
Migrants and Tourists in the Mediterranean
Francesco Vietti
Made available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license with support from Berghahn Open Migration and Development Studies initiative.
378 pages, 30 ills., bibliog., index
ISBN 978-1-80539-506-5 $145.00/£107.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (September 2024)
Reviews
“The Mediterranean … has been shaped by the migration phenomena related to the colonial history and more recently to the crisis of receiving refugees – the author skillfully maneuvers through the history of the region’s multiple mobilities and connectivities … My overall opinion about the book is very positive.” • Natalia Bloch, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Description
Exploring different dimensions of the intersection of migration and tourism in the Mediterranean, this book is the result of extensive ethnographic research carried out over a decade in the Mediterranean region. It focuses on three main themes: the impact of migrants visiting their country of origin for holidays, called roots tourism; the dynamics of the "border encounters" between local people, tourists and migrants; and how tourism has affected the cultural diversity in urban areas. The book shows how migration and tourism play complementary roles in boosting the global dynamics of cultural, social, economic and political transformation in the Mediterranean.
Francesco Vietti is Assistant Professor at the University of Turin, Italy. He is engaged in several initiatives of public anthropology and collaborates with institutions and the civil society in implementing projects aimed at social cohesion and intercultural dialogue.
Subject: Refugee and Migration StudiesAnthropology (General)Travel and Tourism
Area: Southern Europe
Unexpected Encounters by Francesco Vietti is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) with support from Berghahn Open Migration and Development Studies initiative.
OA ISBN: 978-1-80539-508-9