Book ID: CBB796476757

Sounds of vacation: Political economies of Caribbean tourism (2019)

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Timothy Rommen (Editor)
Jocelyne Guilbault (Editor)


Duke University Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 234
Language: English

The contributors to Sounds of Vacation examine the commodification of music and sound at popular vacation destinations throughout the Caribbean in order to tease out the relationships between political economy, hospitality, and the legacies of slavery and colonialism. Drawing on case studies from Barbados, the Bahamas, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, and Saint Lucia, the contributors point to the myriad ways live performances, programmed music, and the sonic environment heighten tourists' pleasurable vacation experience. They explore, among other topics, issues of authenticity in Bahamian music; efforts to give tourists in Barbados peace and quiet at a former site of colonial violence; and how resort soundscapes extend beyond music to encompass the speech accents of local residents. Through interviews with resort managers, musicians, and hospitality workers, the contributors also outline the social, political, and economic pressures and interests that affect musical labor and the social encounters of musical production. In so doing, they prompt a rethinking of how to account for music and sound's resonances in postcolonial spaces.Contributors. Jerome Camal, Steven Feld, Francio Guadeloupe, Jocelyne Guilbault, Jordi Halfman, Susan Harewood, Percy C. Hintzen, Timothy Rommen.

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Authors & Contributors
Sandvik, Pål Thonstad
Chiara Lacroix
Pirone, Jane
Espen Storli
Anna P. H. Geurts
White, Jessica
Concepts
Travel writing
Tourism
Travel; exploration
Social anthropology
Case studies
Anthropology
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
Places
Latin America
Caribbean
Great Britain
Africa
Patagonia
West Indies
Institutions
London School of Economics and Political Science
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