Global tourism : cultural heritage and economic encounters / edited by Sarah Lyon and E. Christian Wells.
| Other author | Lyon, Sarah. |
| Other author | Wells, E. Christian. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, ©2012. |
| Description | viii, 311 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA) monographs ; no. 30 Society for Economic Anthropology monographs ; v. 30. ^A460224 |
| Contents | Ethnographies of global tourism : cultural heritage, economic encounters, and the redefinition of impact / Sarah Lyon and E. Christian Wells -- Part I. Cultural heritage. Shifting values and meanings of heritage : from cultural appropriation to tourism interpretation and back / Noel B. Salazar ; Mayanizing tourism on Roatán Island, Honduras : archaeological perspectives on heritage, development, and indigeneity / Alejandro J. Figueroa, Whitney A. Goodwin, and E. Christian Wells ; Shaping heritage to serve development : bureaucratic conflict and local agency at two Chinese heritage sites / Robert Shepherd -- Part II. Economic encounters in touristic spheres. Of sales pitches and speech genres : peddling personality on the riverfront of Banaras / Jenny Huberman ; Tourism as transaction : commerce and heritage on the Inca Trail / Keely Maxwell ; Spiritual spaces, marginal places : the commodification of a Nalú sacred grove / Brandon D. Lundy ; Becoming Tongan again : generalized reciprocity meets tourism in Tonga / Patricia L. Delaney and Paul A. Rivera ; Women, entrepreneurship, and empowerment : Black-owned township tourism in Cape Town, South Africa / Katrina T. Greene -- Part III. Redefining tourism's "impact." Sacrificing cultural capital for sustainability : identity, class, and the Swedish staycation / Cindy Isenhour ; Reproductive tourism : health care crisis reifies global stratified reproduction / Amy Speier ; The uses of ecotourism : articulating conservation and development agendas in Belize / Laurie Kroshus Medina ; Who owns ecotourism? : the Ecotourismo Seri case / Diana Luque ... [et al.] ; The effects of tourism and western consumption on the gendered production and distribution of Bogolan : development initiatives and Malian women as agents for change / Sarah Lockridge. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011048746 |
| ISBN | 9780759120914 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0759120919 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780759120938 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 0759120935 (electronic) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | G156.5.H47 G56 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |