Tourism, Power and Culture : : Anthropological Insights / / ed. by Donald V. L. Macleod, James G. Carrier.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Calvo-González, Elena,; Carrier, James G.,; Darma Putra, I. Nyoman,; Duccini, Luciana,; Hall, C. Michael,; Hitchcock, Michael,; Holmes, J. Teresa,; Joy, Charlotte,; Macleod, Donald V. L.,; Sommer, Gunilla,; Strang, Veronica,; Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios,
• HerausgeberIn: Carrier, James G.,; Macleod, Donald V. L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

Tourism as an experience and an industry is infused by culture in its various dimensions, and influenced throughout by relationships of power; this is particularly apparent at the destination site. Anthropological investigations give rich insights into power and culture through ethnographic fieldwork, comparative analysis and theoretical explanation. Within this timely and groundbreaking book case studies come from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Australia and South East Asia. It is divided into two sections dealing with tourism and the power struggle for resources; and tourism and culture: presentation, promotion and the manipulation of image. Chapters explore issues as diverse as terrorism, ethnicity and World Heritage Sites, and the role of the analysis of power in tourism studies. They illustrate how culture shapes tourism development, is commodified, and becomes a tool in political and economic strategies and struggles.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Tourism, Power and Culture: Insights from Anthropology -- Part 1: Tourism and the Power Struggle for Resources -- Introduction -- 2. Water Sports: A Tug of War over the River -- 3. Heritage and Tourism: Contested Discourses in Djenné, a World Heritage Site in Mali -- 4. Power, Culture and the Production of Heritage -- 5. Cultural Perspectives on Tourism and Terrorism -- Part 2: Tourism and Culture: Presentation, Promotion and the Manipulation of Image -- Introduction -- 6. Tourists and Indigenous Culture as Resources: Lessons from Embera Cultural Tourism in Panama -- 7. On 'Black Culture' and 'Black Bodies': State Discourses, Tourism and Public Policies in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil -- 8. Tourism and the Making of Ethnic Citizenship in Belize -- 9. Tourism and its Others: Tourists, Traders and Fishers in Jamaica -- Epilogue -- 10. Power in Tourism: Tourism in Power -- Index