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" Behind the smile : "
George Gmelch.
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BL
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994970
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b749340
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| Main Entry
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Gmelch, George.
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| Title & Author
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Behind the smile : : the working lives of Caribbean tourism /\ George Gmelch.
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Bloomington :: Indiana University Press,, ©2003.
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1 online resource (x, 211 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0253001293
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: 0253110645
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: 025321615X
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: 0253342724
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: 9780253001290
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: 9780253110640
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: 9780253216151
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: 9780253342720
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.
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| Abstract
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Behind the Smile is an inside look at the world of Caribbean tourism as seen through the lives of the men and women in the tourist industry in Barbados. The workers represent every level of tourism, from maid to hotel manager, beach gigolo to taxi driver, red cap to diving instructor. These highly personal accounts offer insight into complex questions about tourism: how race shapes interactions between tourists and workers, how tourists may become agents of cultural change, the meaning of sexual encoun.
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Tourism-- Caribbean Area, Anecdotes.
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Tourism-- Caribbean Area-- Employees, Anecdotes.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Hospitality, Travel Tourism.
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Tourism-- Employees.
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Tourism.
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Caribbean Area.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.4/79172981
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G155.C35G63 2003eb
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