Whiteness, Weddings, and Tourism in the Caribbean Paradise for Sale
This book examines myths of the Caribbean as paradise. These myths are used as a backdrop to market destination white weddings. The book is interdisciplinary and uses historical and contemporary visual texts to examine the way in which middle class white
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Karen Wilkes
Whiteness, Weddings, and Tourism in the Caribbean
Karen Wilkes
Whiteness, Weddings, and Tourism in the Caribbean Paradise for Sale
Karen Wilkes Birmingham City University Birmingham, UK
ISBN 978-1-137-50390-9 ISBN 978-1-137-50391-6 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-50391-6
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016948586 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © Susana Guzman / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. New York
For Mama and Grandad
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I thank the people who have made the completion of this book possible. My love goes out to Geoff, for his encouragement and support, which has kept me going through the period of researching and writing this book. Jo-Anne Lester, Stuart Hanson, and Steve Garner, thank you for your interest in my work and for the support that you have given me over the years. Your feedback on the draft chapters greatly improved the manuscript. To my dear friend Mark Rees, thank you for proofreading the chapters and for your insightful comments. I thank The Jamaica Tourist Board for all their help with my queries, and I am grateful to Round Hill Hotel and Villas for granting me permission to use their material. Without the assistance with images and source material from the Tate Gallery, The British Library, The British Museum, and the Science and Society Picture Library and Exeter University Special Collections this work would be greatly diminished. Many thanks to the Editorial Team at Palgrave Macmillan for their understanding and guidance throughout this project.
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CONTENTS
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Introduction
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Using Intersectionality to Challenge Visual Myths of Paradise
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White Masculine Voices and Their Construction of the Colonized Woman as Sexual Primitive
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Procuring White Femininity in
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