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1 Theorizing Mobility, Place and Adventure Tourism |
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1.2 Mobility and Mobilities |
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5 | (5) |
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1.3 The Discourse of Escapism |
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10 | (4) |
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1.4 Tourism and the Tourism Industry |
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14 | (6) |
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20 | (4) |
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1.5.1 The Performance of Place |
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22 | (2) |
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1.6 Adventure Tourism: An Overview |
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24 | (9) |
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1.6.1 Adventure Travel and Adventure Tourism |
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28 | (5) |
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33 | (4) |
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37 | (10) |
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2 Adventure Playgrounds: Places to Play and Places "in Play" |
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47 | (24) |
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47 | (22) |
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2.1.1 Queenstown, New Zealand |
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48 | (8) |
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2.1.2 Interlaken, Switzerland |
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56 | (12) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (2) |
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3 Mobile and Global Ethnography in Two Hemispheres |
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71 | (36) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (4) |
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74 | (2) |
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3.3 Accessing Participants |
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76 | (12) |
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3.3.1 Tourists, Locals and Lifestyle Mobility Residents: The Social and Theoretical Categorization of Participants |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (1) |
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3.3.4 Travelers and Backpackers |
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84 | (3) |
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3.3.5 Hostels as Places of Transient Residences |
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87 | (1) |
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3.4 Mobile Lifestyles---Residents and Migrants |
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88 | (13) |
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89 | (8) |
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3.4.2 Lifestyle Migration |
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97 | (3) |
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3.4.3 Lifestyle Mobilities |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (5) |
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4 Labor Regulation and Hypermobility Within Adventure Tourism's Niche Market |
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107 | (40) |
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107 | (4) |
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4.2 New Zealand's Current Tourism Industry |
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111 | (7) |
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4.2.1 Immigration Policy and Labor Market Demand |
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113 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Local Labor Shortages and Unskilled Workers in Queenstown |
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115 | (3) |
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4.3 Switzerland's National Economy and the Tourism Industry |
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118 | (5) |
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4.3.1 Labor Migration in Switzerland |
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118 | (5) |
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123 | (18) |
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4.4.1 Adventure Playgrounds: The Interface of Global Mobility, Labor and Leisure |
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127 | (8) |
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4.4.2 The Socioeconomic Consequences of a "Transient" Place and "Workforce" |
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135 | (4) |
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4.4.2.1 The Positive Effects of Hypermobility |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (5) |
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5 The Performance of Place and Tourist Performativity Through Bungee Jumping On and Offline |
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147 | (42) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (3) |
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5.3 Bungee Jumping and Perceived Risk |
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152 | (6) |
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5.4 Selling Thrill! A Multimodal Approach to Bungee Jumping |
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158 | (15) |
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5.4.1 Investigating Controlled Risk and the Semiotics of Fear |
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170 | (3) |
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5.5 The Kawarau Bridge---Queenstown's First Bungee Site |
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173 | (8) |
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5.5.1 Before the Jump---Discursive Accounts from Newbie Jumpers |
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176 | (2) |
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5.5.2 On the "Edge" and the Performance of Courage |
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178 | (1) |
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5.5.3 Conquering the Jump and Individuals' Reassessment of Their Social Statuses |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (2) |
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183 | (6) |
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189 | (8) |
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196 | (1) |
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7 Advice: What to Bear in Mind if You Decide on an Ethnographic Study of Your Own |
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197 | (48) |
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197 | (41) |
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198 | (4) |
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7.1.1.1 Guidelines in a Male-Dominated Industry |
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202 | (1) |
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7.1.2 Ideas, Research Questions and the Time Factor |
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203 | (2) |
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7.1.2.1 Data Collection and Informed Consent |
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205 | (5) |
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7.1.2.2 Crossing Borders and "Academic Migration" |
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210 | (1) |
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7.1.3 Data, What Kind and How Much? |
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210 | (3) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (2) |
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7.1.3.3 "Be Mindful and Respectful" |
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217 | (1) |
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7.1.4 Ethnographic Observation |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (2) |
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7.1.4.2 Paragliding in Interlaken---An Insider/Outsider's Perspective |
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222 | (1) |
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7.1.4.3 Accidents and the Shaping of Place |
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223 | (4) |
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7.1.4.4 Cultural Artifacts |
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227 | (6) |
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7.1.4.5 Interviews as Conversations |
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233 | (4) |
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7.1.4.6 Don't Forget to Say Thank You |
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237 | (1) |
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7.2 Suggestions for Further Reading |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (6) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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