| Description |
viii, 221 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series in advances in applied anthropology |
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SUNY series in advances in applied anthropology.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Tourism's Mediators / Erve Chambers -- 2. The Town that Debates Tourism: Community and Tourism in Broome, Australia / Elvi Whittaker -- 3. Tourism, Cultural Authenticity, and the Native Crafts Cooperative: The Eastern Cherokee Experience / Betty J. Duggan -- 4. Urban Tourism in Revitalizing Downtowns: Conceptualizing Tourism in Boston, Massachusetts / R. Timothy Sieber -- 5. Women as a Category of Analysis in Scholarship on Tourism: Jamaican Women and Tourism Employment / A. Lynn Bolles -- 6. Cultural, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Tourism among Kalahari Bushmen / Robert K. Hitchcock -- 7. Tourism with Race in Mind: Annapolis, Maryland Examines its African American Past through Collaborative Research / George C. Logan and Mark P. Leone -- 8. Tourism in the Lower Mississippi Delta: Whose Field of Dreams? / Stanley E. Hyland -- 9. Dilemmas of the Crossover Experience: Tourism Work in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania / Catherine Mary Cameron |
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10. Tourism as a Subject of Higher Education: Educating Thailand's Workforce / Erve Chambers -- 11. Hegemony and Elite Capital: The Tools of Tourism / M. Estellie Smith |
| Summary |
Tourism and Culture provides detailed case studies that explore the complexity of modern tourism relationships. The book challenges the often assumed primacy of the relationships between "hosts" and their "guests," arguing that virtually all forms of tourism are mediated by parties who stand outside of such immediate relationships. Individual contributions to the book describe tourism developments in specific locales, offering a variety of perspectives on both positive and negative human consequences of the industry. Another unique feature of the book is its focus on applied anthropology, with many of the contributors describing their direct involvement in the critical assessment or development of tourism activities in different parts of the world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Tourism -- Research.
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Culture.
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Culture and tourism -- Research.
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Applied anthropology.
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| Author |
Chambers, Erve.
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| LC no. |
96041497 |
| ISBN |
0791434273 |
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0791434281 |
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