A cosmopolitan journey? : difference, distinction and identity work in gap year travel / by Helene Snee.
What do young people get out of gap years? A wide range of 'official' sources acknowledge gap years as a way of becoming a global citizen and more employable at the same time. Instead of automatically assuming that gap years are a 'good thing', this book critically considers how...
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Ashgate Pub.,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Cultural cosmopolitanism and gap year debates
- Theorising good taste and worthwhile experiences in gap year travel
- Researching gap year narratives
- Chapter encountering difference: gap year narratives of people and places
- A traveller not a tourist: the value of cosmopolitan experiences
- Gap year identity work: doing something ¿worthwhile¿
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- References.