Cultures of Mass Tourism discusses how mass tourism has brought about new social and cultural formations that mix global, national and local influences and offers a series of insights into some of the key sites. It looks at the new forms and spaces created, as well as the social practices and materialities of mass tourism to provide a thorough analysis of the subject.

Chapter 1 Introduction: Taking Mediterranean Tourists Seriously, Pau Obrador Pons, Mike Crang, Penny Travlou; Chapter 2 Morocco: Restaging Colonialism for the Masses, Claudio Minca, Rachele Borghi; Chapter 3 Banal Tourism? Between Cosmopolitanism and Orientalism, Michael Haldrup; Chapter 4 The Island That Was Not There: Producing Corelli's Island, Staging Kefalonia, Mike Crang, Penny Travlou; Chapter 5 The Mediterranean Pool: Cultivating Hospitality in the Coastal Hotel, Pau Obrador Pons; Chapter 6 'De Veraneo en la Playa': Belonging and the Familiar in Mediterranean Mass Tourism, Javier Caletrío; Chapter 7 1I would like to dedicate this paper to Valerie, who very sadly and unexpectedly passed away since this paper was first drafted, demonstrating rather starkly the materiality of our bodies. She is missed, and I hope I have done justice to her sincere attempts to settle in Spain. Research for the paper was funded, between 2003 and 2005, by the Economic and Social Research Council of Great Britain (Grant No. R000223944)., Karen O'Reilly; Chapter 8 Mobile Practice and Youth Tourism, Dan Knox; Chapter 9 Corrupted Seas: The Mediterranean in the Age of Mass Mobility, Pau Obrador Pons, Mike Crang, Penny Travlou;