Making the Modern Primitive : Cultural Tourism in the Trobriand Islands /

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This book provides an anthropological analysis of the encounter between local residents and tourists in the Trobriand Islands, a place renowned in anthropology and represented in various media as "culturally authentic." In such a place, how are ideas about authenticity implicated in creati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacCarthy, Michelle, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Iwi taketake.
Trobriander
Tourismus
Ritual
Kulturerbe
Folklorismus
Bildungstourismus
Rites and ceremonies.
Manners and customs.
Heritage tourism.
Culture > Economic aspects.
Culture and tourism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
TRAVEL > Australia & Oceania.
Rites et ceremonies > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee > Trobriand, Îles.
Ethnotourisme > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee > Trobriand, Îles.
Tourisme culturel > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee > Trobriand, Îles.
Rites and ceremonies > Papua New Guinea > Trobriand Islands.
Culture > Economic aspects > Papua New Guinea > Trobriand Islands.
Culture and tourism > Papua New Guinea > Trobriand Islands.
Heritage tourism > Papua New Guinea > Trobriand Islands.
Trobriand-Inseln
Papua New Guinea > Trobriand Islands.
Trobriand, Îles (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book provides an anthropological analysis of the encounter between local residents and tourists in the Trobriand Islands, a place renowned in anthropology and represented in various media as "culturally authentic." In such a place, how are ideas about authenticity implicated in creating and representing the self and cultural Others in the context of cultural tourism? To answer this question, the author examines four arenas of interaction between Trobriand Islanders and tourists: formal performances, informal village visits, souvenir shopping, and tourist photography. She employs symbolic/interpretive approaches and concepts drawn from economic anthropology to examine the relationship of tourism to the commoditization of culture, the ways in which local residents actively represent and enact "Trobriandness," and the ways tourists interpret and narrate their experience.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9780824855635

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