Jean-Didier Urbain (born 1 August 1951) is a French
sociologist,
linguist
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, ethnologist and
tourism
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specialist.
As explains Jean-Didier Urbain, “life with nature embodies the anti-
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spirit. A world apart, where we feel we can build authentic social relations with your neighbors, the baker or the teacher of your children.”
He has a
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Entertainment
* '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series
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in social and cultural anthropology from the University Paris-Descartes (Paris 5, 1987), with a thesis on "Le mort-là : anthropologie et séminologie de l'imaginaire de la mort en Occident à partir des ses cimitières"
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/ref> where he currently teaches.
His books
* ''Paradis verts : désirs de campagne et passions résidentielles'', éditions Payot, 2002
* ''La France des temps libres et des vacances'', éditions de l'Aube, Datar, 2002
* ''Les vacances'', éditions Le Cavalier bleu, 2002
* ''Sur la plage : mœurs et coutumes balnéaires aux XIXe et XXe siècles'', éditions Payot, 2002
**Translated into English as ''At the Beach'' Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2003. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 181 libraries
* ''L'idiot du voyage : histoires de touristes'', éditions Payot, 2002 According to WorldCat, the book is held in 148 libraries [ 314 WorldCat itentities/ref>
* ''Secrets de voyages : menteurs, imposteurs et autres voyageurs impossibles'', éditions Payot, 2003.
* ''Paradis verts : désirs de campagne et passions résidentielles'', éditions Payot, 2008.
* ''L'envie du monde'', éditions Bréal, 2011.
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References
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1951 births
Living people
Writers from Paris
French male writers