A summer of phobias: media discourses on 'radical' acts of dissent against 'mass tourism' in Barcelona.

ABSTRACT: In the summer of 2017, the young group Arran coordinated a series of protests in Barcelona and other Spanish cities to denounce the negative effects of global mass tourism. These acts of dissent fueled a heated public debate in both Spanish and international press, mainly due to the 'radical' tactics employed by the demonstrators. Following the narratives about these protest acts across a diversity of media outlets, this article identifies the complex power struggles between the different actors involved in the discussion on the benefits and externalities of global mass tourism, offering an extensive analysis of the political uses of the term 'turismofobia' (tourismphobia) and a revisited interpretation of the notion of the 'protest paradigm'. This qualitative analysis was based on

SUBMITTER: Araya Lopez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10445860 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature