Diasporic mobilities on vacation: tourism of European-Moroccans at home

Lauren Wagner*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

"Diasporic Mobilities on Vacation is a nuanced exploration of the embodied and affective practices of Moroccans from Europe visiting Morocco for summer vacation. Rather than characterizing them as uncomfortably split between homelands, this book focuses on how their touristic leisure practices create their own space of diasporic belonging. An expert on Moroccan diaspora communities and mobile lifestyles, the book draws on multi-sited and mobile ethnographic research to take the reader along on the journey 'home' and experience the daily lives of diasporic visitors. Their practices, activities, and encounters on vacation offer insights into larger issues of class, leisure consumption, and transnational belonging in South-to-North migration contexts. Concretely, the book shows how these holiday encounters simultaneously generate integration into Morocco for migrant descendants who can feel at 'home' in this homeland, and differentiation from others in how they embody 'Moroccaness' as social and material actors. This book shows how seemingly frivolous practices of leisure have material consequences for individuals who belong across homelands. Positioned at the intersection of migration studies, leisure and tourism mobilities, and ethnomethodology and practice theory, this book is a worthwhile read for scholars and students-indeed, anyone questioning or experiencing problems of belonging in transnational and diasporic contexts"
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationAbingdon, Oxon
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages174
Edition1st
ISBN (Print)9781000869637, 9781032000299, 1003172385, 100086958X, 1032000287, 9781000869583, 1000869636, 9781032000282, 9781003172383
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
  • Morocco
  • Europe
  • Marocains
  • Tourisme culturel
  • Heritage tourism
  • Moroccans

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