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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
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Edited by Naomi M. Leite; Quetzil E. Castañeda and Kathleen M. Adams - Contributions by Kathleen M. Adams; Edward M. Bruner; Margaret Byrne Swain; Quetzil E. Castañeda; Michael A. Di Giovine; Nelson Graburn; Julia Harrison; Naomi M. Leite; Walter E. Littl
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.
