Backpacker Selves in a Hostel: Discourse, Identity, and Existential Authenticity

Backpacker tourists are able to boldly lay claim to authenticity to local placeespecially as they see themselves in relation to more (by their categorization) mainstream touriststhrough the feeling of an authentic self that arises through backpacking tourism. Backpacker discourse about travel embodi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kerry, Emley
Other Authors: Managan, Kathe
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2013
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11182013-120505/