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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
PART I: ORIENTATION
Introduction. The Ethnography of Tourism: Encounter, Experience, Emergent Culture.
Naomi M. Leite, Quetzil E. Castañeda, and Kathleen M. Adams
PART II: POINTS OF DEPARTURE
1. {Formation} Always in Process: Edward Bruner, American Anthropology, and the Study of Tourism.
Nelson Graburn and Naomi M. Leite
2. {Genealogies} On the Emergence of Identity and Borderzones as Key Concepts.
Kathleen M. Adams
3. {Influence} "So in Effect I Was Studying Myself": Knowing (Our) Tourist Stories.
Julia Harrison
PART III: EXPLORATIONS: CONCEPTS AND DEBATES
4. {Authenticity} "Whatever We Weave Is Authentic": Coproducing Authenticity in Guatemalan Tourism Textile Markets.
Walter E. Little
5. {The Borderzone} Living in and Reaching beyond the Touristic Borderzone: A View from Cuba.
Valerio Simoni
6. {Constructivism} "I Can Feel Them Now, Even as I Write": Hiking Yosemite Falls with the Emergent Subjects of Tourism.
Sally Ann Ness
PART IV: FURTHER AFIELD: NEW DEPARTURES
7. {Identity, Mobility, Embodiment} "Being a Tourist in My (Own) Home": Negotiating Identity between Tourism and Migration in Indonesia.
Kathleen M. Adams
8. {The Self, Narrative, The Borderzone} Beyond Dialogue: Hospitality and the Transformation of Self in Southwestern Madagascar.
David Picard
9. {Contested Sites, Identity, Narrative} Ideologies at War at Chichén Itzá: An Ethnography of a Tourism Destination.
Quetzil E. Castañeda
PART V: HOMECOMINGS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
10. Taking Tourism Seriously: A Conversation with Edward Bruner
Michael A. Di Giovine
11. Reflections
Edward M. Bruner
Afterword. Beyond Anthropology: Ethnography in Tourism Studies.
Mary Mostafanezhad and Margaret Byrne Swain
About the author
Naomi M. Leite is assistant professor of anthropology at SOAS, 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.
