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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... side, even at times when I did not want to be with myself. Not once have I heard a negative tone in your voice. Not once have you treated me with anything but goodness. We might not speak each other's language perfectly, and cultural ...
... side, even at times when I did not want to be with myself. Not once have I heard a negative tone in your voice. Not once have you treated me with anything but goodness. We might not speak each other's language perfectly, and cultural ...
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... side of the volcano, an area that lights up at night as a result of distant thunderstorms. To the east lie the lush farms of the Meru people, and to the south the Arusha people have their fields. However, here, even though the land lies ...
... side of the volcano, an area that lights up at night as a result of distant thunderstorms. To the east lie the lush farms of the Meru people, and to the south the Arusha people have their fields. However, here, even though the land lies ...
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... side , but I approach it simultaneously from the side of the hosts . There has been a variety of theories that have tried to capture the essence of why tourists travel , but none of them has been completely satisfactory ( Rojek and Urry ...
... side , but I approach it simultaneously from the side of the hosts . There has been a variety of theories that have tried to capture the essence of why tourists travel , but none of them has been completely satisfactory ( Rojek and Urry ...
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... sides. On the host side, studies have mostly been done about the impact of tourism on the society and culture (Pearce 1982, 68). Boissevain in his edited volume has for example described how “individuals and communi- ties dependent on ...
... sides. On the host side, studies have mostly been done about the impact of tourism on the society and culture (Pearce 1982, 68). Boissevain in his edited volume has for example described how “individuals and communi- ties dependent on ...
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... 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 upon it as if it were a hegemonic and im ...
... 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 upon it as if it were a hegemonic and im ...
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