Date of Award
5-2024
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Program
English
Department
English
Major Professor
Dr. Doreen Piano
Second Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Steeby
Third Advisor
Bruce Rutledge
Abstract
The following thesis investigates the interactions between people in tourist cities in the Global South, specifically focusing on New Orleans, LA, Cozumel, Mexico, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. I describe this engagement through first-person experiences from my nomadic travels, spending months at a time in each locale. I explore the connections between these spaces as well as relationships between the locals and tourists through humanistic economic terms. Each of the aforementioned cities is a major cruise port dependent upon tourism for solvency yet could operate in the absence of tourism in terms of infrastructure. I am particularly interested in the impact this industry has on the inhabitants of these spaces in their daily lives. In this exploration, my own context of digital nomadism plays a role in how I interact with the people and places I visit and is thus reflected in the analysis. The lens of a long-stay visitor guides my process, as I am neither wholly resident nor a tourist.
Recommended Citation
Morgan, MIndy, "Part-Time Tourism: The Nomadic Journey of a Global South Resident" (2024). LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 3416.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/3416
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