Biddle, Pippa,

Ours to explore privilege, power, and the paradox of voluntourism / Pippa Biddle. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. 1866: A Woman in India -- 2. A Certain Kind of Tourism -- 3. Cars, Planes, and Resorts -- 4. The Alternative Tourism Boomerang -- 5. The Age of Voluntourism -- 6. Colonial Pathologies -- 7. Faith, Purpose, and Mission -- 8. The Development Conundrum -- 9. Playing Doctor -- 10. Teaching Children -- 11. Orphanages -- 12. An Indictment -- 13. Turning Tide -- 14. The Future of Voluntourism -- 15. On to an End -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Ours to Explore investigates voluntourism's past and present, uncovering the complicated roots of the modern global phenomenon.



9781640124783


Tourism--Moral and ethical aspects.
Volunteer tourism.


Electronic Books.

G156 / .O977 2021