Cultural tourism in Latin America
Subtitle: the politics of space and imagery
By: edited by Michiel Baud and Annelou Ypeij.
Contributors: Baud, Michiel, 1952-; Ypeij, Johanna Louisa.
Series: CEDLA latin america studies
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9789004176409
Subjects: Heritage tourism -- Social aspects -- Latin America; Heritage tourism -- Political aspects -- Latin America; Culture and tourism -- Latin America; Cultural property -- Latin America -- Social aspects; Latin America -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Latin America -- Cultural policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultural tourism in Latin America : an introduction / Michiel Baud and Annelou Ypeij; title: Tourism, folklore and the emergence of regional and national identities / Zoila S. Mendoza; title: The 'three roots' of Panama's cultural heritage : the construction of racial and national identities in theme parks / Carla Guerron Montero; title: Through the othering gaze : Yucatecan trova music and 'the tourist' in Yucatan, Mexico / Gabriela Vargas-Cetina; title: 'A symbol of wisdom and love'? : counter-cultural tourism and the multiple faces of Maria Sabina in Huautla, Oaxaca / Ben Feinberg; title: Sacamefotos and tejedoras : frontstage performance and backstage meaning in a Peruvian context / Beatrice Simon; title: Tourism, the state and the marketing of traditional Andean artesanias : problematic encounters, pitfalls, and competing interests / Lynn A. Meisch; title: Dishing up the city : tourism and street vendors in Cuzco / Griet Steel; title: Caught between nature and culture : making a living within the world heritage site of Machu Picchu, Peru / Keely B. Maxwell and Annelou Ypeij; title: Trivializing culture, social confl ict and heritage tourism in Quito / Alan Middleton; title: Contesting heritage in Antigua, Guatemala / Walter E. Little; title: Hacienda hotels and other ironies of luxury in Yucatan, Mexico / Lisa Breglia; title: Heritage and indigeneity : transformations in the politics of tourism / Quetzil E. Castaneda.