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'This is a fascinating account of gap year travel. It draws on rich empirical data to make important contributions to debates about cosmopolitanism, cultural value and identity work. It has a strong inter-disciplinary focus, and will appeal to sociologists, educationalists and geographers working in this area.' Rachel Brooks, University of Surrey, UK 'In A Cosmopolitan Journey? Helene Snee provides an impressive and scholarly deconstruction of the cultural significance of the all too easily mocked figure of the 'gap yah' student. Drawing on theories of cosmopolitanism and making imaginative and innovative use of online data from gappers' blogs, Snee deftly demonstrates why we should instead take the gap year seriously.' Sue Heath, University of Manchester, UK

’This is a fascinating account of gap year travel. It draws on rich empirical data to make important contributions to debates about cosmopolitanism, cultural value and identity work. It has a strong inter-disciplinary focus, and will appeal to sociologists, educationalists and geographers working in this area.’ Rachel Brooks, University of Surrey, UK ’In A Cosmopolitan Journey? Helene Snee provides an impressive and scholarly deconstruction of the cultural significance of the all too easily mocked figure of the ’gap yah’ student. Drawing on theories of cosmopolitanism and making imaginative and innovative use of online data from gappers’ blogs, Snee deftly demonstrates why we should instead take the gap year seriously.’ Sue Heath, University of Manchester, UK

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Helene Snee, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

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