| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 323 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
CEDLA Latin America studies,
1572-6401 ;
v. 96
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Latin America studies ; 96.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cultural tourism in Latin America : an introduction / Michiel Baud and Annelou Ypeij -- Tourism, folklore and the emergence of regional and national identities / Zoila S. Mendoza -- The 'three roots' of Panama's cultural heritage : the construction of racial and national identities in theme parks / Carla Guerrón Montero -- Through the othering gaze : Yucatecan trova music and 'the tourist' in Yucatán, Mexico / Gabriela Vargas-Cetina -- 'A symbol of wisdom and love'? : counter-cultural tourism and the multiple faces of María Sabina in Huautla, Oaxaca / Ben Feinberg -- Sacamefotos and tejedoras : frontstage performance and backstage meaning in a Peruvian context / Beatrice Simon -- Tourism, the state and the marketing of traditional Andean artesanías : problematic encounters, pitfalls, and competing interests / Lynn A. Meisch -- Dishing up the city : tourism and street vendors in Cuzco / Griet Steel -- Caught between nature and culture : making a living within the world heritage site of Machu Picchu, Peru / Keely B. Maxwell and Annelou Ypeij -- Trivializing culture, social conflict and heritage tourism in Quito / Alan Middleton -- Contesting heritage in Antigua, Guatemala / Walter E. Little -- Hacienda hotels and other ironies of luxury in Yucatán, Mexico / Lisa Breglia -- Heritage and indigeneity : transformations in the politics of tourism / Quetzil E. Castañeda. |
| Summary |
Cultural tourism has become an important source of revenue for Latin American countries, especially in the Andes and Meso-America. This book analyses its effects and the processes of cultural change it provokes in local societies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Heritage tourism -- Social aspects -- Latin America.
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Heritage tourism -- Social aspects. |
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Latin America. |
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Heritage tourism. |
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Heritage tourism -- Political aspects -- Latin America.
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Culture and tourism -- Latin America.
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Culture and tourism. |
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Cultural property -- Social aspects -- Latin America.
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Cultural property. |
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Social aspects. |
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Latin America -- Cultural policy.
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Cultural policy. |
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Latin America -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Baud, Michiel, 1952-
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Ypeij, Johanna Louisa.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cultural tourism in Latin America. Leiden ; Boston : Brill ; 2009 9789004176409 (DLC) 2009010951 (OCoLC)313666501 |
| ISBN |
9789047429845 (electronic book) |
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9047429842 (electronic book) |
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9789004176409 (cloth) |
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9004176403 (cloth) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004176409.i-324 |
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