Cultural tourism in Latin America : the politics of space and imagery

Baud, Michiel, 1952- (Added Author). Ypeij, Johanna Louisa. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9789004176409 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9004176403 (hardback : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xii, 323 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ch. 1. Cultural tourism in Latin America : an introduction / Michiel Baud and Annelou Ypeij -- Ch. 2. Tourism, folklore and the emergence of regional and national identities / Zoila S. Mendoza -- Ch. 3. The 'three roots' of Panama's cultural heritage : the construction of racial and national identities in theme parks / Carla Guerron Montero -- Ch. 4. Through the othering gaze : Yucatecan Trova music and 'the tourist' in Yucatan, Mexico / Gabriela Vargas-Cetina -- Ch. 5. 'A symbol of wisdom and love'? : counter-cultural tourism and the multiple faces of Maria Sabina in Huautla, Oaxaca / Ben Feinberg -- Ch. 6. Sacamefotos and Tejedoras : frontstage performance and backstage meaning in a Peruvian context / Beatrice Simon -- Ch. 7. Tourism, the state and the marketing of traditional Andean artesanias : problematic encounters, pitfalls, and competing interests / Lynn A. Meisch -- Ch. 8. Dishing up the city : tourism and street vendors in Cuzco / Griet Steel -- Ch. 9. Caught between nature and culture : making a living within the world heritage site of Machu Picchu, Peru / Keely B. Maxwell and Annelou Ypeij -- Ch. 10. Trivializing culture, social conflict and heritage tourism in Quito / Alan Middleton -- Ch. 11. Contesting heritage in Antigua, Guatemala / Walter E. Little -- Ch. 12. Hacienda hotels and other ironies of luxury in Yucatan, Mexico / Lisa Breglia -- Ch. 13. Heritage and indigeneity : transformations in the politics of tourism / Quetzil E. Castaneda.