Dynamics Behind Persistent Images of "the Other": The Interplay Between Imaginations and Interactions in Maasai Cultural TourismIn tourism, strangers meet face to face. What do Tanzanian Maasai and Western tourists think when they meet? Using a combination of methods that has never been tried in anthropology, or in the field of tourism studies, this work provides novel theoretical insights into the images hosts and guests have of each other, and how their views relate to the interactions they experience. This compelling reflexive study uses video and Q method to contribute to the epistemology of anthropological research in tourism settings, and the construction of a new, more symmetrical anthropology. Dissertation. ***An important contribution to the growing field of the anthropology of tourism, an example of intense and methodical fieldwork, combined with theoretical acumen and deep reflexivity.--Prof. Dr Walter E. A. van Beek (Tilburg U.) (Series: Contributions to African Research / Beitr�¤ge zur Afrikaforschung, Vol. 76) [Subject: African Studies, Tourism Studies, Anthropology, Sociology] |
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... behaviour , are stultifying critical analysis ” ( Crang 1997 , 149 ) , proposing that performances of tourism products should be understood more as differing in kind and not as real or false . Also criticizing MacCannell , Cohen has ...
... behaviour , are stultifying critical analysis ” ( Crang 1997 , 149 ) , proposing that performances of tourism products should be understood more as differing in kind and not as real or false . Also criticizing MacCannell , Cohen has ...
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... behaviours . When they speak about the tourist side , Lanfant , Allcock and Bruner rightly are more nuanced and I agree with their observations that the tourist system of action is not a monolithic force . It would be pointless to seize ...
... behaviours . When they speak about the tourist side , Lanfant , Allcock and Bruner rightly are more nuanced and I agree with their observations that the tourist system of action is not a monolithic force . It would be pointless to seize ...
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... behaviour persons have acquired as members of society ” ( Eriksen 2001 , 3 ) . My discussion of the study of tourism above shows that I approach culture in line with both these ideas , as a dynamic entity , constantly changing and ...
... behaviour persons have acquired as members of society ” ( Eriksen 2001 , 3 ) . My discussion of the study of tourism above shows that I approach culture in line with both these ideas , as a dynamic entity , constantly changing and ...
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... stereotypes for them , and may even burlesque their unacceptable behaviour ” ( Crick 1995 , 217 ) . Only few writers observe that the interaction between locals and tourists is not only based upon images that exist 38 Setting ...
... stereotypes for them , and may even burlesque their unacceptable behaviour ” ( Crick 1995 , 217 ) . Only few writers observe that the interaction between locals and tourists is not only based upon images that exist 38 Setting ...
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... behaviour . In addition , their ideas of the image I have of them influences their images and behaviour . Again , this can be repeated into infinite complexity , and as my gaze influences my subjects , I am also influenced by their ...
... behaviour . In addition , their ideas of the image I have of them influences their images and behaviour . Again , this can be repeated into infinite complexity , and as my gaze influences my subjects , I am also influenced by their ...
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