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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... Northern standard , instead of describing the visit of a culture that simply can be differentiated from the own culture . Why otherwise would tourism of Japanese tourists to Ireland or France not be considered ' ethnic ' tourism , while ...
... Northern standard , instead of describing the visit of a culture that simply can be differentiated from the own culture . Why otherwise would tourism of Japanese tourists to Ireland or France not be considered ' ethnic ' tourism , while ...
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... Northern countries , often visiting peoples in the South ( Lanfant 1995a , 24–25 , 28 ) or so - called ethnic minorities in their own countries ( Tucker and Akama 2009 , 512 ) . It is exactly this idea of “ ethnic exoticism ” of ' the ...
... Northern countries , often visiting peoples in the South ( Lanfant 1995a , 24–25 , 28 ) or so - called ethnic minorities in their own countries ( Tucker and Akama 2009 , 512 ) . It is exactly this idea of “ ethnic exoticism ” of ' the ...
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... Northern culture , which does not consider itself as having culture in the ' ethnic ' sense ( Leite and Graburn 2009 , 44 ) . I regret that in their discussions of authenticity , tradition and cultural commodification in relation to ...
... Northern culture , which does not consider itself as having culture in the ' ethnic ' sense ( Leite and Graburn 2009 , 44 ) . I regret that in their discussions of authenticity , tradition and cultural commodification in relation to ...
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... Northern visitors . They show that , as is the case the other way around , the gaze of hosts influences the " performances ” of the tourists ( Edensor 2000 , 322 ; Edensor 2009 ; Cheong and Miller 2000 ) . In line with these results , I ...
... Northern visitors . They show that , as is the case the other way around , the gaze of hosts influences the " performances ” of the tourists ( Edensor 2000 , 322 ; Edensor 2009 ; Cheong and Miller 2000 ) . In line with these results , I ...
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... Northern Maasai supported his younger brother Olenana . Olenana , initially the underdog , gained strength due to support from the colonial government . In 1897 the Kisongo left Senteu to join Olenana , and Senteu was defeated in 1902 ...
... Northern Maasai supported his younger brother Olenana . Olenana , initially the underdog , gained strength due to support from the colonial government . In 1897 the Kisongo left Senteu to join Olenana , and Senteu was defeated in 1902 ...
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