Envisioning Eden

Mobilizing Imaginaries in Tourism and Beyond

Noel B. Salazar (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2010
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-84545-760-0 (ISBN)

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Based on more than two years of fieldwork in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Arusha, Tanzania

offers an in-depth investigation of the local-to-global dynamics of contemporary tourism

illustrates how tour guide narratives and practices are informed by widely circulating imaginaries of the past and personal imaginings of the future

As tourism service standards become more homogeneous, travel destinations worldwide are conforming yet still trying to maintain, or even increase, their distinctiveness. Based on more than two years of fieldwork in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Arusha, Tanzania, this book offers an in-depth investigation of the local-to-global dynamics of contemporary tourism. Each destination offers examples that illustrate how tour guide narratives and practices are informed by widely circulating imaginaries of the past as well as personal imaginings of the future.

Noel B. Salazar received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and is Research Professor in Anthropology at the University of Leuven, Belgium. His research interests include anthropologies of mobility and travel, the local–global nexus, discourses and imaginaries of Otherness, culture contacts, heritage, and cosmopolitanism.

List of Figures

Foreword: Circulating Culture

by Edward Bruner

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Preparing a Roadmap

Chapter 2. Two Destinations, One Destiny

Chapter 3. 'Seducation'

Chapter 4. Imaging and Imagining Other Worlds

Chapter 5. Guiding Roles and Rules

Chapter 6. Fantasy Meets Reality

Chapter 7. Coming Home

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	New Directions in Anthropology
Zusatzinfo	20 Maps; 20 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	531 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-84545-760-9 / 1845457609
ISBN-13	978-1-84545-760-0 / 9781845457600
Zustand	Neuware