An Introduction to Poverty Tourism and Homeless Tours

Abstract

Since the publication of Bauman's seminal book Tourists and Vagabonds: Heroes and Victims of Postmodernity, sociologists and particularly social scientists have further interrogated the influence of globalization, and mobility culture in tourism consumption. Bauman offers a fertile ground to discuss the production of material asymmetries among classes. The present book continues this discussion with a special focus on Buenos Aires City, Argentina. Chapters integrating this book give a snapshot revolving around the convergence of social marginality, and the tourist experience. In this introductory section, I introduce readers to the complexity of the colonial period as well as the role played by slavery as a cheap manpower. Here I posed not only the main questions that guided the present book but also the intersection between slavery and poverty in global capitalism. At the same time, I place the question of homeless tours into the critical lens of scrutiny.

Citation

Korstanje, M.E. (2024), "An Introduction to Poverty Tourism and Homeless Tours", Of Tourists and Vagabonds in the Global South (Tourism Security-Safety and Post Conflict Destinations), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83608-044-220241001