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Public Indians, private Cherokees : tourism and tradition on tribal ground /

A major economic industry among American Indian tribes is the public promotion and display of aspects of their cultural heritage in a wide range of tourist venues. Few do it better than the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, whose homeland is the Qualla Boundary of North Carolina. Through extensive resea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beard-Moose, Christina Taylor
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009.
Colección:Contemporary American Indian studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Researching the obvious : tourism and the Eastern Cherokee
  • The trail of tourism
  • Academic perspectives on tourism and the case of Cherokee, North Carolina
  • Eastern Cherokee ingenuity
  • Disneyfication on the boundary
  • Mass tourism's effects on indigenous communities
  • Epilogue : an Eastern Cherokee renaissance.