Bushmen in the Tourist Imaginary.

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This book is a semantic and semiotic analysis of tourism texts that represent specific groups of San (or Bushmen) in modern Botswana, and is framed by postcolonial theory, post-tourism and resistance theories. Critically, the book demonstrates the power that both written and visual language can have...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, Roie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
Temas:
San (African people) > Botswana.
Tourism > Botswana.
San (Peuple d'Afrique) > Botswana.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Public opinion
San (African people)
Tourism
Botswana > Foreign public opinion.
Botswana
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book is a semantic and semiotic analysis of tourism texts that represent specific groups of San (or Bushmen) in modern Botswana, and is framed by postcolonial theory, post-tourism and resistance theories. Critically, the book demonstrates the power that both written and visual language can have upon consumers of texts. It provides a case-study of neo-colonial exploitation and, conversely, reveals the efficacy of self-representation for tourist consumption, with an increasing number of San offering alternatives to an entrenched ethnic hegemony, effecting gradual political and social recogn.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-243) and index.
ISBN:1443848808
9781443848800

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