Tourism, Power and Culture : : Anthropological Insights /

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

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 fieldwor...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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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

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