Mobility and Globalization in the Aftermath of COVID-19

This book argues that COVID-19 revives a much deeper climate of terror which was instilled by terrorism and the War on Terror originally declared by Bush's administration in 2001. It discusses critically not only the consequences of COVID-19 on our daily lives but also the end of hospitality, at least as we know it.

Since COVID-19 started spreading across the globe, it affected not only the tourism industry but also ground global trade to a halt. Governments adopted restrictive measures to stop the spread of the virus, including the closure of borders, and airspace, the introduction of strict lockdowns and social distancing, much of which led to large-scale cancellations of international and domestic flights. This book explores how global tourists, who were largely considered ambassadors of democratic and prosperous societies in the pre-pandemic days, have suddenly become undesired guests.

Argues that first terrorism and then COVID-19 are eroding human relations and the West from the inside Links studies of mobilities, globalization, and post-colonialism Introduces the term wicked gaze to refer to the blurred lines between here-safe and there-unsafe

Autorentext

Maximiliano E. Korstanje is Reader at the University of Palermo, Argentina, and currently serves as book series editor of Advances in Hospitality, Tourism and Service Sectors (IGI Global) and Tourism Security-Safety and Post Conflict Destinations (Emerald Group Publishing).

Babu George is Professor and Associate Dean in the School of Business, Christian Brothers University, a Lasallian Institution, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Mobility in and of the Empire: A Colonialist History of Mobility.- Chapter 2: The colonial voyages.- Chapter 3: Pay Now, Consume Later: The Power of Delayed Gratification.- Chapter 4: Tourist Gaze Reconsidered.- Chapter 5: Terrorism and the Allegory of the Lone Wolf: From 9/11 to COVID19.- Chapter 6: Mobilities and Globalization in the Aftermath of COVID19.- Chapter 7: COVID19, Terrorism and Conspiracy Plot: Everyone is Guilty until Proven Innocent.- Chapter 8: Let me in! The affirmation of a radical Other.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.