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Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots.
List of contents
Foreword - Valene Smith
African dynamics of cultural tourism - Walter E A Van Beek
African dynamics of cultural tourism - PART I Culture, Identity & Tourism - Annette M. Schmidt
To dance or not to dance: Dogon masks as a tourist arena - Walter E A Van Beek
Semiotics & the political economy of tourism in the Sahara - Georg Klute
'How much for Kunta Kinte?!' Sites of memory & diasporan encounters in West Africa - Kim C. Warren
'How much for Kunta Kinte?!' Sites of memory & diasporan encounters in West Africa - Elizabeth MacGonagle
Imitating heritage tourism: a virtual tour of Sekhukhuneland, South Africa - PART II At the Fringe of the Parks - Ineke van Kessel
Hosts & guests: stereotypes & myths of international tourism in the Okavango Delta, Botswana - Joseph Mbaiwa
Kom 'n bietjie kuier: Kalahari dreaming with the Khomani San - Kate Finlay and Shanade Barnabas
Treesleeper camp: a case study of community tourism in Tsintsabis, Namibia - Stasja Koot
'The lion has become a cow': the Maasai hunting paradox - Vanessa Wijngaarden
The organization of hypocrisy? Juxtaposing tourists & farm dwellers in game farming in South Africa - Shirley Brooks
The organization of hypocrisy? Juxtaposing tourists & farm dwellers in game farming in South Africa - Marja Spierenburg
The organization of hypocrisy? Juxtaposing tourists & farm dwellers in game farming in South Africa - PART III Intensive Contact - Harry Wels
Backpacking in Africa - Ton van Egmond
'I'm not a tourist. I'm a volunteer': tourism, development & international volunteerism in Ghana - Eiliadh Swan
Becoming 'real African kings & queens': chieftaincy, culture & tourism in Ghana - Marijke Steegstra
Sex trade & tourism in Kenya: close encounters between the hosts & the hosted - Wanjohi Kibicho
Host-guest encounters in a Gambian 'love' bubble - Lucy McCombes
Afterword. Trouble in the bubble: comparing African tourism with the Andes trail - Annelou Ypeij
About the author
Walter van Beek, Annette Schmidt
Summary
Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots.
