This edited collection examines the emergence, development, and future of tourism ethnography, emphasizing the interpretive-humanistic approach honed by anthropologist Edward Bruner. Original chapters by thirteen leading anthropologists critically engage theories and concepts including authenticity, the touristic borderzone, and contested sites.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: Formation - Always in Process: Edward Bruner, American Anthropology, and the Study of Tourism
Chapter 2: Genealogies - On the Emergence of Identity and Borderzones as Key Concepts
Chapter 3: Influence - "So in Effect I Was Studying Myself": Knowing (Our) Tourist Stories
Chapter 4: Authenticity - "Whatever We Weave Is Authentic": Coproducing Authenticity in Guatemalan Tourism Textile Markets
Chapter 5: The Borderzone - Living in and Reaching beyond the Touristic Borderzone: A View from Cuba
Chapter 6: Constructivism - "I Can Feel Them Now, Even as I Write": Hiking Yosemite Falls with the Emergent Subjects of Tourism
Chapter 7: Identity Mobility Embodiment - "Being a Tourist in My (Own) Home": Negotiating Identity between Tourism and Migration in Indonesia
Chapter 8: The Self Narrative The Borderzone - Beyond Dialogue: Hospitality and the Transformation of Self in Southwestern Madagascar
Chapter 9: Contested Sites Identity Stories - "Ideologies at War" in Chiché n Itzá : An Ethnography of a Tourism Destination
Chapter 10. Dialogues - (I) Taking Tourism Seriously: A Conversation with Edward Bruner and (II) Reflections
