Robert Fletcher, a cultural anthropologist, is Associate Professor in the Department of Environment and Development at the United Nations–mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. He is the editor of Beyond Resistance: The Future of Freedom.

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Encountering Experience 1
1. The Ecotourism Experience 29
2. Becoming an Ecotourist 45
3. Playing on the Edge 72
4. Affluence and Its Discontents 91
5. Call of the Wild 113
6. Ecotourism at Large 130
7. The Ecotourist Gaze 149
Conclusion. The Teachings of Don Quixote 167
Notes 191
Bibliography 215
Index 245