Tourismophobia - Gay, Jean-Christophe

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Résumé :

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Allegations 1

1.1 Unsustainable exponential growth 2

1.2 Overtourism 3

1.3 A form of colonization 9

1.4 An outcry against cruise ships 12

1.5 Conclusion 16

Chapter 2 Inventions 17

2.1 Original sin 17

2.2 Tourism versus travel 20

2.3 The sententious elite 27

2.4 Conclusion 31

Chapter 3 Distinctions 33

3.1 The crowd and the masses 34

3.2 Happy few 41

3.3 Too easy! 48

3.4 Conclusion 55

Chapter 4 Discriminations 57

4.1 Refugees welcome, Tourist go home! 58

4.2 Anglophobia 62

4.3 Misogyny 67

4.4 Conclusion 72

Chapter 5 Illusions 73

5.1 Nostalgia 73

5.2 The good old days 76

5.3 The feeling of being too late 79

5.4 Urbanophobia 83

5.5 Conclusion 91

Chapter 6 Alienations 93

6.1 Conditioned beings 94

6.2 It is all fake 98

6.3 Egotourism 103

6.4 Tourism posture 106

6.5 Conclusion 110

Chapter 7 Omissions 111

7.1 Half-measures 111

7.2 Who remembers the Minister of Tourism? 116

7.3 Tourism and academia 120

7.4 The Bourdieu mystery 126

7.5 Conclusion 131

Chapter 8 Injunctions 133

8.1 Sustainable tourism 134

8.2 What about your carbon footprint? 139

8.3 Whose turn is it? 143

8.4 Conclusion 145

Conclusion 147

References 155

Index of Common Nouns 161

Index of Proper Nouns 163