Exploring the Liquid Politics of Tourism: Developing Reflexivity in Backpacker Discourse

Rebecca Jane Bennett

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32855/fcapital.200801.007

Keywords: Social Theory, Capitalism, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Critique, Digital Society, Sociology, Scholarly Journal, Peer reviewed journal, Ben Agger, Tim Luke

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Author Biography

Rebecca Jane Bennett

Dr. Rebecca Jane Bennett's research focuses on a merger between Tourism Studies and Cultural Studies. Of particular interest is the examination of the political and social implications of tourism popular culture and the expansion of a critical tourist studies canon. She is currently in the process of transforming her dissertation titled, Moving off the Beaten Track: Developing a Critical Literacy in Backpacker Discourse, into a monograph. She is currently employed as a Sessional Lecturer and tutor in Cultural Studies at Murdoch University, Curtin University and Curtin International College in Perth, Western Australia. She can be reached at RebeccaJaneBennett@gmail.com

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2019-05-29

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Vol. 4 No. 1: Fast Capitalism 4.1

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