Women and Tourist Work in Jamaica

A. Lynn Bolles is professor emerita of The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, and past president of the Caribbean Studies Association.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Brief History of Caribbean and Jamaican TourismChapter 2: Tourism in Negril, The Capital of CasualChapter 3: Women, Work and TourismChapter 4: Welcome to NegrilChapter 5: EntrepreneursChapter 6: NightlifeConclusion: Women Tourist Workers in The Capital of Casual

Bolles synthesizes and contextualizes her vignettes of women in every category to form a book that does much more than just describe individuals. Her interviews convey Jamaican gender socialization, cultural values, household arrangements, and class. The text also includes a brief history of the tourist industry in Jamaica and nods to comparable research on Caribbean tourism. An accessible study for all academic levels. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals.