1st Edition
New Perspectives in Caribbean Tourism
The Caribbean is one of the most tourism dependent regions of the world. This edited volume extends beyond the frontiers of normative perspectives of tourism development to incorporate "new" ideas and perspectives that relate to the socio-cultural, political and economic realities of these societies. This edited text therefore explores tourism in the region within the context of key currents of Caribbean thought and critique in relation to issues of dependency, postcolonial interactions, race and class as well as identity and culture. Engaging a range of disciplines and themes, this volume offers a critical examination of the unique experiences, challenges and practices of Caribbean tourism.
1. Introduction: Caribbean Tourism: New Perspectives Marcella Daye, Donna Chambers, Sherma Roberts Part 1: Image, Culture and Identity 2. Re-Visioning Caribbean Tourism Marcella Daye 3. Bob Marley Rastafari and the Jamaican Tourism Product Jalani Niaah and Sonjah Stanley Niaah 4. Jamaican Vinyl Tourism: A Niche within a Niche Douglas Webster 5. Tourist-Nationalism in Trinidad & Tobago Raymond Ramcharitar 6. A Postcolonial Interrogation of Attitudes toward Homosexuality and Gay Tourism: The Case of Jamaica Donna Chambers 7. 'We Nyammin?': Food Supply, Authenticity and the Tourist Experience in Negril, Jamaica David Dodman and Kevon Rhiney Part 2: Governance 8. Reflections from the Periphery: An Analysis of Small Tourism Businesses within the Sustainability Discourse Sherma Roberts 9. ‘A Squatter in my own Country!’: Spatial Manifestations of Social Exclusion in a Jamaican Tourist Resort Town Sheere Brooks 10. An Unwelcome Guest: Unpacking the Tourism and HIV/AIDS Dilemma in the Caribbean - A Case Study of Grenada Wendy C. Grenade 11. Regional Partnerships: The Foundation for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Caribbean Leslie Ann Jordan 12. New Directions in Caribbean Tourism Education: Awakening the Silent Voices Acolla Lewis 13. Epilogue: Towards New Ontologies of Caribbean Tourism Marcella Daye, Donna Chambers and Sherma Roberts
Biography
Marcella Daye is Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Programme Manager for the MBA International Tourism at Coventry University in the UK. She holds a PhD in Tourism from the University of Surrey, UK and has published and presented conference papers on destination image, branding and consumer behaviour.
Donna Chambers PhD, is Lecturer in Tourism and Programme Leader for the MSc. International Tourism Management and Event & Festival Management programmes at Napier University in Edinburgh. She has published in academic journals and presented conference papers on heritage representation, tourism public policy and postcolonial and critical theories.
Sherma Roberts is a tourism lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados where she is Programme Director for the MSc Tourism and Hospitality. She obtained her PhD at Brunel University, UK. Her research interests are sustainable tourism, tourism entrepreneurship, community participation, and tourism in island states.
