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Touring Poverty is not just a study of the bewildering paradoxes of modern tourism. It also dissects broader transformations of economy, consumption, urbanism and culture in the contemporary world; a great contribution to the literature.

John Urry, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and
CeMoRe Director, Lancaster University

Touring Poverty presents a great discussion, picking up on the mayor themes of current research on the topic of slum tourism. The empirical material is well grounded, providing narratives from tours in a variety of locations. The discussion and development of concepts such as reality tourism and traveling favela are highly engaging and thought provoking. Insightful, informative and enjoyable reading.

Dr Fabian Frenzel, Lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK and Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Potsdam, Germany

A genuinely groundbreaking book that explores how the favela and other impoverished neighbourhoods are produced as tourist destinations. Bianca Freire-Medeiros probes the material, aesthetic and ethical dimensions of poverty tourism in city spaces, social interactions, and global imaginaries. Touring Povertys sustained, careful ethnographies unpack the meanings, objects, bodies, and spatial practices that make up the traveling favela a mobile site for experiencing poverty, and a global trademark. Offering nuanced insights into the negotiations between those who sell, consume and live poverty, this book represents a truly fresh perspective, and will become an important point of reference for researchers and students of urban poverty from many disciplines.

Lorraine Leu, University of Texas Austin and Editor,
Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies

Touring Poverty

Touring Poverty addresses a highly controversial practice: the transformation of impoverished neighborhoods into valued attractions for international tourists. In the megacities of the global South, selected and idealized aspects of poverty are being turned into a tourist commodity for consumption.

The book takes the reader on a journey through Rocinha, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro which is advertised as the largest favela in Latin America. Bianca Freire-Medeiros presents interviews with tour operators, guides, tourists and dwellers to explore the vital questions raised by this kind of tourism. How and why do diverse social actors and institutions orchestrate, perform and consume touristic poverty? In the context of globalization and neoliberalism, what are the politics of selling and buying the social experience of cities, cultures and peoples?

With a full and sensitive exploration of the ethical debates surrounding the sale of emotions elicited by the first-hand contemplation of poverty, Touring Poverty is an innovative book that provokes the reader to think about the role played by tourismand our role as touristswithin a context of growing poverty. It will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology, ethnography and methodology, urban studies, tourism studies, mobility studies, development studies, politics and international relations.

Bianca Freire-Medeiros is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Center for Research and Documentation on Brazilian Contemporary History (CPDOC) at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe) at Lancaster University.

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