Schmidt / Van Beek African Hosts and their Guests

Cultural Dynamics of Tourism
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-78204-024-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten

Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmidt, Annette M

Van Beek, Walter E A

Weitere Mitwirkende

Ypeij, Annelou

Schmidt, Annette M

Swan, Eiliadh

MacGonagle, Elizabeth

Klute, Georg

Wels, Harry

van Kessel, Ineke

Mbaiwa, Joseph E.

Finlay, Kate

Warren, Kim C.

McCombes, Lucy

Steegstra, Marijke

Spierenburg, Marja

Barnabas, Shanade

Brooks, Shirley

Koot, Stasja

van Egmond, Ton

Smith, Valene

Wijngaarden, Vanessa

Van Beek, Walter E A

Kibicho, Wanjohi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Valene Smith
African dynamics of cultural tourism - Walter E A Van Beek
African dynamics of cultural tourism - PART I Culture, Identity & Tourism - Annette M. Schmidt
To dance or not to dance: Dogon masks as a tourist arena - Walter E A Van Beek
Semiotics & the political economy of tourism in the Sahara - Georg Klute
'How much for Kunta Kinte?!' Sites of memory & diasporan encounters in West Africa - Kim C. Warren
'How much for Kunta Kinte?!' Sites of memory & diasporan encounters in West Africa - Elizabeth MacGonagle
Imitating heritage tourism: a virtual tour of Sekhukhuneland, South Africa - PART II At the Fringe of the Parks - Ineke van Kessel
Hosts & guests: stereotypes & myths of international tourism in the Okavango Delta, Botswana - Joseph Mbaiwa
Kom 'n bietjie kuier: Kalahari dreaming with the Khomani San - Kate Finlay and Shanade Barnabas
Treesleeper camp: a case study of community tourism in Tsintsabis, Namibia - Stasja Koot
'The lion has become a cow': the Maasai hunting paradox - Vanessa Wijngaarden
The organization of hypocrisy? Juxtaposing tourists & farm dwellers in game farming in South Africa - Shirley Brooks
The organization of hypocrisy? Juxtaposing tourists & farm dwellers in game farming in South Africa - Marja Spierenburg
The organization of hypocrisy? Juxtaposing tourists & farm dwellers in game farming in South Africa - PART III Intensive Contact - Harry Wels
Backpacking in Africa - Ton van Egmond
'I'm not a tourist. I'm a volunteer': tourism, development & international volunteerism in Ghana - Eiliadh Swan
Becoming 'real African kings & queens': chieftaincy, culture & tourism in Ghana - Marijke Steegstra
Sex trade & tourism in Kenya: close encounters between the hosts & the hosted - Wanjohi Kibicho
Host-guest encounters in a Gambian 'love' bubble - Lucy McCombes
Afterword. Trouble in the bubble: comparing African tourism with the Andes trail - Annelou Ypeij

Über Autor(innen)

Van Beek Walter E A:
Walter E.A. van Beek held a joint appointment as Professor of Anthropology of Religion at Tilburg University and the African Studies Centre Leiden. Now retired from Tilburg, he continues as Senior Researcher at the ASCL. His books include (with Oumar Ongoiba and Atime Saye) Singing with the Dogon Prophet (2022).Mbaiwa Joseph E.:
Joseph Mbaiwa is the Director of the Okavango Research Institute (ORI), University of Botswana and Professor of Tourism Studies. He is on the editorial board of the South African Geographical Journal, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, and Journal of Ecotourism. Van Beek Walter E A:
Walter E.A. van Beek held a joint appointment as Professor of Anthropology of Religion at Tilburg University and the African Studies Centre Leiden. Now retired from Tilburg, he continues as Senior Researcher at the ASCL. His books include (with Oumar Ongoiba and Atime Saye) Singing with the Dogon Prophet (2022).