Deviance and Risk on Holiday [electronic resource] : An Ethnography of British Tourists in Ibiza /
Briggs, D.author.
This book represents the first attempt to step inside the holiday experience of young British tourists in San Antonio, Ibiza. Briggs' ethnographic study reveals the ugly truth about how and why they get involved in deviance and risk-taking when they go abroad, driven by self validation and a commodified social context.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Flexible but Entirely Serious Methodology""; ""3 The Theoretical Framework for the Study""; ""4 Ibiza: The Research Context""; ""5 Goin' Ibiza: Home Lives and the Holiday Hype""; ""6 Constructing Ibiza: The Holiday Career and Status Stratification""; ""7 'You Can Be Who You Want to Be, Do What You Want to Do': Identity and Unfreedom""; ""8 The Political Economy: Consumerism and the Commodification of Everything""; ""9 Capitalismo Extremo: Risk-Taking and Deviance in Context""
""10 Going Home â€? Only to Come Back Out""""11 Discussion and Conclusion""; ""12 Meanwhile across the Mediterranean â€? (or So Some Wish)""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book represents the first attempt to step inside the holiday experience of young British tourists in San Antonio, Ibiza. Briggs' ethnographic study reveals the ugly truth about how and why they get involved in deviance and risk-taking when they go abroad, driven by self validation and a commodified social context.
Sports-Sociological aspects.
Ethnography.
Geography.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Criminology.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Ethnography.
Geography, general.
Crime and Society.
Sociology, general.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.