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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... constructed. In addition, there is a primary school, two tiny shops and a Lutheran church, which have been built close to the only road. Even though days can go by without a car passing over the greyish dirt, the road forms the centre ...
... constructed. In addition, there is a primary school, two tiny shops and a Lutheran church, which have been built close to the only road. Even though days can go by without a car passing over the greyish dirt, the road forms the centre ...
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... constructed around them, have had considerable influence on the daily life circumstances of Dutch tourists as well as Maasai hosts. These examples show how people in Europe and in Africa are often living different sides of the same ...
... constructed around them, have had considerable influence on the daily life circumstances of Dutch tourists as well as Maasai hosts. These examples show how people in Europe and in Africa are often living different sides of the same ...
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... constructed nature , I write them within quotation marks . I do not see ' the self ' , ' the other ' or the spaces in which they interact as givens that are fully formed , fixed or timeless , completely stable , integrated or consistent ...
... constructed nature , I write them within quotation marks . I do not see ' the self ' , ' the other ' or the spaces in which they interact as givens that are fully formed , fixed or timeless , completely stable , integrated or consistent ...
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... constructed specifically for a tourist audience ” ( Bruner 2005 , 4 ) , I would like to remark that every construction of culture is new , although generally showing continuity with older productions . It is disputable if something can ...
... constructed specifically for a tourist audience ” ( Bruner 2005 , 4 ) , I would like to remark that every construction of culture is new , although generally showing continuity with older productions . It is disputable if something can ...
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... constructed tourist drama, all play a role for tourists, who select, alternate and combine these objectives during their trip. Similarly, hosts are not only interested in economic gain when displaying and producing their culture or ...
... constructed tourist drama, all play a role for tourists, who select, alternate and combine these objectives during their trip. Similarly, hosts are not only interested in economic gain when displaying and producing their culture or ...
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