The Global Nomad Backpacker Travel in Theory and Practice,9781873150764

The Global Nomad Backpacker Travel in Theory and Practice

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781873150764
ISBN10: 1873150768
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-03-16
Publisher(s): Channel View Publications
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Summary

Backpackers have shifted from the margins of the travel industry into the global spotlight. This volume explores the international backpacker phenomenon, drawing together different disciplinary perspectives on its meaning, impact and significance. Links are drawn between theory and practice, setting backpacking in its wider social, cultural and economic context.

Author Biography

Greg Richards is lecturer in leisure studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, and currently a research fellow at the Interarts Observatory for Culture and Tourism in Barcelona. Julie Wilson is Research Fellow with the Centre for Environment and Planning, University of the West of England, Bristol (UK) although currently a Batista i Roca Fellow with the Department of Geography, Universitat Rovira i Virgil, Tarragona and Visiting Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain).

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Contributors x
Part 1: Introduction
Drifting Towards the Global Nomad
3(11)
Greg Richards
Julie Wilson
The Global Nomad: Motivations and Behaviour of Independent Travellers Worldwide
14(29)
Greg Richards
Julie Wilson
Part 2: Backpacking as a (Post)modern Phenomenon
Backpacking: Diversity and Change
43(17)
Erik Cohen
Theoretical Encounters: A Review of Backpacker Literature
60(17)
Irena Ateljevic
Stephen Doorne
The Beaten Track: Anti-Tourism as an Element of Backpacker Identity Construction
77(15)
Peter Welk
The Whole Point of Backpacking: Anthropological Perspectives on the Characteristics of Backpacking
92(17)
Jana Binder
The Conquerors and the Settlers: Two Groups of Young Israeli Backpackers in India
109(14)
Darya Maoz
Backpacker Icons: Influential Literary `Nomads' in the Formation of Backpacker Identities
123(26)
Julie Wilson
Greg Richards
Part 3: In the Footsteps of the Global Nomad
Backpacking in Scotland: Formal Public Sector Responses to an Informal Phenomenon
149(19)
Clare Speed
Tony Harrison
Profiling the International Backpacker Market in Australia
168(12)
Lee Slaughter
Backpackers: Nomads Join the Mainstream? An Analysis of Backpacker Employment on the `Harvest Trail Circuit' in Australia
180(16)
Malcolm Cooper
Kieran O'Mahony
Patricia Erfurt
Destination-Based Product Selections by International Backpackers in Australia
196(21)
Denise Kain
Brian King
Setting Out on the Road Less Travelled: A Study of Backpacker Travel in New Zealand
217(20)
Ken Newlands
Backpacker Transport Choice: A Conceptual Framework Applied to New Zealand
237(16)
Paul Vance
Part 4: Conclusions
Widening Perspectives in Backpacker Research
253(27)
Greg Richards
Julie Wilson
References 280(16)
Index 296

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