The making of Spain’s coastal paradises through tourism, people, power, and design.
This volume provides critical insights into how Spain’s tourism spaces developed in ways that gender identities were disciplined, negotiated and/or negated. Its chapters offer a critical examination of gender and spatial issues in Spain’s twentieth-century coastal developments, providing a refreshing departure from mainstream geography and economics analyses. - Hazel Tucker, University of Otago
Building Paradise offers an original and compelling reinterpretation of Spain's tourist coast through the intertwined lenses of gender, architecture and spatial production. Combining rich historical research with an ambitious interdisciplinary framework, the volume demonstrates how tourism landscapes are simultaneously sites of discipline, negotiation and emancipation. Its nuanced analyses make it an important contribution to tourism studies, feminist geography, architectural history and the broader scholarship on the social production of space. - Maria Gravari-Barbas, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Frequently Asked Questions
What is "Building Paradise" about?
The making of Spain’s coastal paradises through tourism, people, power, and design.
Who wrote "Building Paradise"?
"Building Paradise" was written by Eugenia Afinoguénova, Adelina Stefan, José Ramón Valero Escandell, Ester Gisbert Alemany, Marisa García Vergara, María Sebastián, Carla Zollinger, Eva Álvarez, Carlos Gómez, Eduard Moyà, Pisana Posocco, Lola Fernández, Antoni Vives-Riera and Paula Leu Fernández.
Who edited "Building Paradise"?
"Building Paradise" was edited by Nadia Fava and Antoni Vives-Riera.
Antoni Vives-Riera is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona and a specialist in tourism, gender and cultural history.
Nadia Fava is Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Girona, specialising in urban planning theory, tourism and Mediterranean landscapes.
Is "Building Paradise" available Open Access?
Yes, "Building Paradise" is published Open Access. It is available under a BY-NC-ND license.
Who funded the publication of "Building Paradise"?
Publication of "Building Paradise" was funded by KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access
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