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Take ME to My Paradise: Tourism and Nationalism in the British Virgin Islands by Coleen Ballerino Cohen (Hardback, 2010)

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) markets itself to international visitors as a paradise. But just whose paradise is it? Colleen Balleri Cohen looks at the many players in the BVI tourism culture, from the tourists who leave their graffiti at beach bars that are popularized in song, to the waiters who serve them and the singers who entertain them. Interweaving more than twenty years of field tes, Cohen provides a first hand analysis of how tourism transformed the BVI from a small neglected British colony to a modern nation that competes in a global ecomic market. With its close reading of everything from advertisements to political manifestos and constitutional reforms, Take Me to My Paradise deepens our understanding of how nationalism develops hand-in-hand with tourism, and documents the uneven impact of ecomic prosperity upon different populations. We hear multiple voices, including immigrants working in a tourism ecomy, nationalists struggling to maintain some control, and the anthropologist trying to make sense of it all. The result is a richly detailed and accessible ethgraphy on the impact of tourism on a country that came into being as a tourist destination.

Place of Publication
New Brunswick, NJ
Spine
20mm
Content Note
1, Black & White Illustrations
Author Biography
Colleen Ballerino Cohen is a professor of anthropology and women's studies at Vassar College. She has written several articles and has produced three ethnographic videos on BVI tourism, festivals, and musical culture.
Date of Publication
15/10/2010
Genre
Sociology & Anthropology: Professional
Country of Publication
United States

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