Cultural Tourism in Latin America: The Politics of Space and Imagery

✍ Scribed by Michiel Baud, Annelou Ypeij

Publisher: Brill
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 336
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Cultural tourism has become an important source of revenue for Latin American countries, especially in the Andes and Meso-America. This book analyses its effects and the processes of cultural change it provokes in local societies.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Chapter One Cultural Tourism in Latin America: An Introduction (Michiel Baud and Annelou Ypeij)
PART ONE CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES
Chapter Two Tourism, Folklore and the Emergence of Regional and National Identities (Zoila S. Mendoza)
Chapter Three The 'Three Roots' of Panama's Cultural Heritage: The Construction of Racial and National Identities in Theme Parks (Carla Guerrón Montero)
Chapter Four Through the Othering Gaze: Yucatecan Trova Music and 'the Tourist' in Yucatán, Mexico (Gabriela Vargas-Cetina)
Chapter Five 'A Symbol of Wisdom and Love'? Countercultural Tourism and the Multiple Faces of María Sabina in Huautla, Oaxaca (Ben Feinberg)
PART TWO LOCAL LIVELIHOODS AND TOURIST ENCOUNTERS
Chapter Six Sacamefotos and Tejedoras: Frontstage Performance and Backstage Meaning in a Peruvian Context (Beatrice Simon)
Chapter Seven Tourism, the State and the Marketing of Traditional Andean Artesanías: Problematic Encounters, Pitfalls, and Competing Interests (Lynn A. Meisch)
Chapter Eight Dishing up the City: Tourism and Street Vendors in Cuzco (Griet Steel)
Chapter Nine Caught Between Nature and Culture: Making a Living within the World Heritage Site of Machu Picchu, Peru (Keely B. Maxwell and Annelou Ypeij)
PART THREE POLITICS OF HERITAGE TOURISM
Chapter Ten Trivializing Culture, Social Confl ict and Heritage Tourism in Quito (Alan Middleton)
Chapter Eleven Contesting Heritage in Antigua, Guatemala (Walter E. Little)
Chapter Twelve Hacienda Hotels and Other Ironies of Luxury in Yucatán, Mexico (Lisa Breglia)
Chapter Thirteen Heritage and Indigeneity: Transformations in the Politics of Tourism (Quetzil E. Castañeda)
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

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