Tourism, Globalisation and Cultural Change : : An Island Community Perspective / / Donald V. L. Macleod.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Macleod, Donald V. L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

In what ways does tourism change the host community? This book offers original insights into the broad and deep influences of tourism, and places them within the historical context of globalisation. Intensive fieldwork spanning many years on a Canary Island has produced a rich portrayal of the community, examining the changes experienced in areas including their working lives, families, identities, local culture, values, attitudes, political structure and economic base. The tourists, predominantly independent, are also examined, and their unique impact analysed. The research emphasises the indigenous experience, and makes cross-cultural comparisons, especially with island communities. It employs the methods of sociocultural anthropology and includes the multidisciplinary findings of tourism studies: in doing so it is innovative and challenges standard understandings of the influence of specific types of tourism on small communities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: The Issues, The Community and the Tourists -- 1. Tourism, Globalisation and Cultural Change -- 2. Valle Gran Rey: A Changing Destination -- 3. The Tourists: Types and Motivation -- Part 2: The Influence of Tourism -- 4. Work and Property -- 5. Power and Conflict -- 6. Social Identity -- 7. Family, Belief and Values -- 8. The Ability of Tourism to Change Culture -- References -- Index