The Tourist Valorization of Urban Poverty
by
Fabian Frenzel
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Have slums become 'cool'? More and more tourists from across the globe seem to think so as they discover favelas, ghettos, townships and barrios on leisurely visits. But while slum tourism often evokes moral outrage, critics rarely ask about what motivates this tourism, or what wider consequences...