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This edited collection examines the emergence, development, and future of tourism ethnography, emphasizing the interpretive-humanistic approach honed by anthropologist Edward Bruner. Original chapters by thirteen leading anthropologists critically engage theories and concepts including authenticity, the touristic borderzone, and contested sites.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Formation - Always in Process: Edward Bruner, American Anthropology, and the Study of Tourism
Chapter 2: Genealogies - On the Emergence of Identity and Borderzones as Key Concepts
Chapter 3: Influence - "So in Effect I Was Studying Myself": Knowing (Our) Tourist Stories
Chapter 4: Authenticity - "Whatever We Weave Is Authentic": Coproducing Authenticity in Guatemalan Tourism Textile Markets
Chapter 5: The Borderzone - Living in and Reaching beyond the Touristic Borderzone: A View from Cuba
Chapter 6: Constructivism - "I Can Feel Them Now, Even as I Write": Hiking Yosemite Falls with the Emergent Subjects of Tourism
Chapter 7: Identity ¿ Mobility ¿ Embodiment - "Being a Tourist in My (Own) Home": Negotiating Identity between Tourism and Migration in Indonesia
Chapter 8: The Self ¿ Narrative ¿ The Borderzone - Beyond Dialogue: Hospitality and the Transformation of Self in Southwestern Madagascar
Chapter 9: Contested Sites ¿ Identity ¿ Stories - "Ideologies at War" in Chichén Itzá: An Ethnography of a Tourism Destination
Chapter 10. Dialogues - (I) Taking Tourism Seriously: A Conversation with Edward Bruner and (II) Reflections
About the author
Naomi M. Leite is lecturer of social anthropology at the University of London.
Quetzil E. Castañeda is senior lecturer of Latin American and Caribbean studies at Indiana University.
Kathleen M. Adams is professor of anthropology at Loyola University Chicago.
Summary
This edited collection examines the emergence, development, and future of tourism ethnography, emphasizing the interpretive-humanistic approach honed by anthropologist Edward Bruner. Original chapters by thirteen leading anthropologists critically engage theories and concepts including authenticity, the touristic borderzone, and contested sites.
