Pilgrimage Tourism of Diaspora Africans to Ghana

Informationen zum Autor Ann Reed is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Iowa State University. Zusammenfassung This book explores why and how Ghana has been cast as a pilgrimage destination for people of African descent! especially African Americans. It provides ethnographic insight into the transnational networks of people and ideas entangled in Ghana's pilgrimage tourism. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Slavery Heritage and the Call to Home: Diasporan Travel to Ghana 2. The Development of Ghana's Heritage Tourism 3. Culture Brokers at the Front Lines: Tour Guides at Cape Coast and Elmina Castles Interpret the Slave Story 4. Visitors' Perspectives at Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle: Slave Trade Memoryscapes and Ideoscapes 5. The Performance of Public Discourse: Slavery Heritage and the One Africa Ideoscape 6. Foreigner or Family? Ghanaian Interpretations of the One Africa Ideoscape 7. Slavery Heritage Tourism! the African Family! and the Politics of Memory

Product details

• Authors: Ann Reed, Reed Ann
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.04.2017
• EAN: 9781138060210
• ISBN: 978-1-138-06021-0
• Series: Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Colonialism & imperialism, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sports & outdoor recreation, Regional Studies, Sociology: sport and leisure, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, The Americas, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Transport: general interest, Tourism industry, Retail and wholesale industries, Sports and Active outdoor recreation, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies