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WGSS 19901 - Race, Gender and Tourism

Course Credit: 1
RACE, GENDER AND TOURISM  This course examines the politics of tourism in a globalizing world. Using interdisciplinary perspective, we will explore the relationship between colonialism and tourism and the development of international tourism in the 20th and 21st centuries. Focusing in on the gendered and racialized dimensions of the practice, we will discuss the impacts of guests on host cultures and the relations of power that are reproduced and resisted in tourist encounters. Throughout the course we will delve into such topics as the tourist gaze, the politics of representation, authenticity, sexuality, desire, commodification, and embodiment.