Backpacking Culture and Mobilities: Independent and Nomadic Travel

Contents\nFigures and Tables\nContributors\nAcknowledgements\n1 Introduction: Backpacking – A Tired Narrative or New Beginnings?\nPart 1: Ontological Approaches and Mobile Methods\n2 Thirty Years of Backpacker Research: A Systematic Literature Review\n3 The Go-along: A Mobile Method for Backpacker Research\nPart 2: International Backpacking\n4 The Motivations and Constraints of Chinese ‘Donkey Friends’\n5 Identity Construction of Chinese Outbound Backpackers in Europe\n6 Family Backpacking in India: The Case of Israeli Families\n7 The Rise and Decline of Indonesian Backpacking\n8 Iranian Female Backpackers and their Surrounding Community\nPart 3: Backpacker Socialisation, Hostels and Learning\n9 Travel and Transformation: Negotiating Identity in Post-Journey Life\n10 The Backpacker Hostel: Performing and Experiencing ‘Place’ in Central America\n11 Backpacker Lifestyle Entrepreneurism: Resident Perspectives on Hedonistic Events and Backpackaging\nPart 4: Concluding Thoughts\n12 After the Pandemic: Future Directions for Backpacking and Backpacking Research\nIndex