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Envisioning Eden - Mobilizing Imaginaries in Tourism and Beyond

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Zusatztext 68807234 Informationen zum Autor Noel B. Salazar received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and is Research Professor in Anthropology at the University of Leuven, Belgium. His research interests include anthropologies of mobility and travel, the local–global nexus, discourses and imaginaries of Otherness, culture contacts, heritage, and cosmopolitanism. Klappentext Based on more than two years of fieldwork in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Arusha, Tanzania offers an in-depth investigation of the local-to-global dynamics of contemporary tourism illustrates how tour guide narratives and practices are informed by widely circulating imaginaries of the past and personal imaginings of the future Zusammenfassung Based on more than two years of fieldwork in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Arusha, Tanzania offers an in-depth investigation of the local-to-global dynamics of contemporary tourism illustrates how tour guide narratives and practices are informed by widely circulating imaginaries of the past and personal imaginings of the future Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Foreword: Circulating Culture by Edward Bruner Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Chapter 1. Preparing a Roadmap Chapter 2. Two Destinations, One Destiny Chapter 3. 'Seducation' Chapter 4. Imaging and Imagining Other Worlds Chapter 5. Guiding Roles and Rules Chapter 6. Fantasy Meets Reality Chapter 7. Coming Home Bibliography Index

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List of Figures

Foreword: Circulating Culture

by Edward Bruner

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Preparing a Roadmap

Chapter 2. Two Destinations, One Destiny

Chapter 3. 'Seducation'

Chapter 4. Imaging and Imagining Other Worlds

Chapter 5. Guiding Roles and Rules

Chapter 6. Fantasy Meets Reality

Chapter 7. Coming Home

Bibliography

Index


About the author










Noel B. Salazar received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and is Research Professor in Anthropology at the University of Leuven, Belgium. His research interests include anthropologies of mobility and travel, the local-global nexus, discourses and imaginaries of Otherness, culture contacts, heritage, and cosmopolitanism.


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