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Once content to sunbathe and follow guides and established itineraries, tourists are increasingly seeking authentic culture. This is taking them into the private areas and zones to which the locals retire in order to escape the tourist gaze, creating tensions between the two groups. Based on recent anthropological field studies, this book describes how European communities dependant on tourism have been affected by the commoditization of their culture and explores the ways they cope with the constant attention of outsiders. The collection demonstrates both varied and skillful ways in which individuals and communities react to and cope with the impact of decades of mass tourism on their lives and values, thus throwing new light onto questions of identity, boundary maintenance and cultural adjustment.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Jeremy Boissevain
Chapter 1. Contested Territories: The Politics of Touristic Development at the Shrine of El Rocío in Southwestern Andalusia
Mary M. Crain
Chapter 2. Tourism and Self-Consciousness in a South Spanish Coastal Community
Antonio Miguel Nogués Pedregal
Chapter 3. A Case of Neglect? The Politics of (Re)presentation: a Sardinian Case
Peter Odermatt
Chapter 4. Negotiating the Tourist Gaze: The Example of Malta
Annabel Black
Chapter 5. Philoxenia Receiving Tourists – but not Guests – on a Greek Island
Cornélia Zarkia
Chapter 6. Reactions to Tourism: A View from the Deep Green Heart of France
Simone A. Abram
Chapter 7. Dealing with Fish and Tourists: A Case Study from Northern Norway
Roel Puijk
Chapter 8. The Social Construction of Mokum: Tourism and the Quest for Local Identity in Amsterdam
Heidi Dahles
Postlude
Tom Selwyn
Notes on Contributors
Index
About the author
Jeremy Boissevain (1928-2015) was Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam where he taught from 1966 to 1993. His many activities included the directing of CARE programs in the Philippines, Japan, India and Malta and teaching appointments in Canada, the United States, England and Malta.
Summary
This collection demonstrates both varied and skillful ways in which individuals and communities react to and cope with the impact of decades of mass tourism on their lives and values, thus throwing new light onto questions of identity, boundary maintenance and cultural adjustment.
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"... a new and welcome approach to the study of mass tourism in Europe." ����Journal of Area Studies
"Thanks to its introduction and epilogue this collection acquires a theoretical unity and depth and forms an interesting contribution to research on tourism."����Focaal
