TY - BOOK ID - 9005502 TI - Cultural tourism in Latin America : the politics of space and imagery AU - Baud, Michiel AU - Ypeij, Johanna Louisa. PY - 2009 SN - 9789004176409 9004176403 9786612401480 1282401483 9047429842 9789047429845 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Heritage tourism KW - Culture and tourism KW - Cultural property KW - #SBIB:39A5 KW - #SBIB:39A74 KW - Cultural tourism KW - Tourism KW - Cultural heritage KW - Cultural patrimony KW - Cultural resources KW - Heritage property KW - National heritage KW - National patrimony KW - National treasure KW - Patrimony, Cultural KW - Treasure, National KW - Property KW - World Heritage areas KW - Ethnotourism KW - Tourism and culture KW - Social aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Kunst, habitat, materiële cultuur en ontspanning KW - Etnografie: Amerika KW - Latin America KW - Asociación Latinoamericana de Libre Comercio countries KW - Neotropical region KW - Neotropics KW - New World tropics KW - Spanish America KW - Cultural policy. KW - Social conditions KW - Cultural property --Social aspects --Latin America. KW - Culture and tourism --Latin America. KW - Heritage tourism --Political aspects --Latin America. KW - Heritage tourism --Social aspects --Latin America. KW - Latin America --Cultural policy. KW - Latin America --Social conditions --21st century. KW - Travel & Tourism KW - Geography KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9005502 AB - Cultural tourism has become an important source of revenue for Latin American countries, especially in the Andes and Meso-America. Tourists go there looking for authentic cultures and artefacts and interact directly with indigenous people. Cultural tourism therefore takes place in close engagement with local societies. This book analyse the effects of cultural tourism and the processes of change it provokes in local societies. It analyses the intricacies of informal markets, the consequences of enforcing tourist policies, the varied encounters of foreign tourists with local populations, and the images and identities that result from the development of tourism. The contributors convincingly show that the tourist experience and the reactions to tourist activities can only be understood if analysed from within local contexts. Contributors: Michiel Baud, Annelou Ypeij, Lisa Breglia, Quetzil E. Castañeda, Ben Feinberg, Carla Guerrón Montero, Walter E. Little, Keely B. Maxwell, Lynn A. Meisch, Zoila S. Mendoza, Alan Middleton, Beatrice Simon, Griet Steel, Gabriela Vargas-Cetina. “Tourism in Latin America – especially the sort of cultural tourism that plays to desires for authentic experiences – has become a key foreigner currency earner for many countries. This important volume examines the impact of tourism across the region, providing a rich survey of the range of experiences and teasing out the theoretical implications. From the almost surreal Mi Pueblito theme park in Panama to mushroom-hunting tourists in Oaxaca to the eco-trail leading to Machu Pichu, these chapters present compelling cases that speak to identity formation, nationalism, and economic impacts. As the contributors show, benefits are differentially accrued to various actors – and often not to the communities that tourists come to see. Yet, the contributors also make it clear that in struggles over ownership, authenticity, and political representation, local communities actively shape the contours and meanings of tourism, at times successfully leveraging cultural capital into economic gains.” Edward F. Fischer, Director Center for Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University ER -