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Global tourism is perhaps the largest scale movement of goods,
services, and people in history. Consequently, it is a significant
catalyst for economic development and sociopolitical change. While
tourism increasingly accounts for ever greater segments of national
economies, the consequences of this growth for intercultural
interaction are diverse and uncertain. The proliferation of
tourists also challenges classic theoretical descriptions of just
what an economy is. What are the commodities being consumed? What
is the division of labor between producers and clients in creating
the value of tourist exchanges? How do culture, power, and history
shape these interactions? What are the prospects for sustainable
tourism? How is cultural heritage being shaped by tourists around
the world? These critical questions inspired this volume in which
the contributors explore the connections among economy,
sustainability, heritage, and identity that tourism and related
processes makes explicit. The volume moves beyond the limits of
place-specific discussions, case studies, and best practice
examples. Accordingly, it is organized according to three
overarching themes: exploring dimensions of cultural heritage, the
multi-faceted impacts of tourism on both hosts and guests, and the
nature of touristic encounters. Based on ethnographic and
archaeological research conducted in distinct locations, the
contributors' conclusions and theoretical arguments reach far
beyond the limits of isolated case studies. Together, they
contribute to a new synthesis for the anthropology of tourism while
simultaneously demonstrating how emerging theories of the economics
of tourism can lead to the rethinking of traditionally
non-touristic enterprises-from farming to medical occupations.
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Dimensions of Ritual Economy (Paperback, New)
Patricia Ann McAnany; Series edited by Donald C. Wood; Volume editing by Patricia A. McAnany, E. Christian Wells; Series edited by John A. Bishop
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R1,510
Discovery Miles 15 100
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation
to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values
and beliefs as motivational factors. Conversely, the economic
underpinnings of ritual practice are under-theorized and therefore
not accessible to economists working on synthetic theories of human
choice. This book addresses the problem by bringing together
anthropologists with diverse backgrounds in the study of religion
and economy to forge an analytical vocabulary that constitutes the
building blocks of a theory of ritual economythe process of
provisioning and consuming that materializes and substantiates
worldview for managing meanings and shaping interpretations. The
chapters in Part I explore how values and beliefs structure the
dual processes of provisioning and consuming. Contributions to Part
II consider how ritual and economic processes interlink to
materialize and substantiate worldview. Chapters in Part III
examine how people and institutions craft and assert worldview
through ritual and economic action to manage meaning and shape
interpretation. In Part IV, Jeremy Sabloff outlines the road ahead
for developing the theory of ritual economy. By focusing on the
intersection of cosmology and material transfers, the contributors
push economic theory towards a more socially informed perspective.
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Dimensions of Ritual Economy (Hardcover, New)
Patricia Ann McAnany; Series edited by Donald C. Wood; Volume editing by Patricia A. McAnany, E. Christian Wells; Series edited by John A. Bishop
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R3,120
Discovery Miles 31 200
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation
to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values
and beliefs as motivational factors. Conversely, the economic
underpinnings of ritual practice are under-theorized and therefore
not accessible to economists working on synthetic theories of human
choice. This book addresses the problem by bringing together
anthropologists with diverse backgrounds in the study of religion
and economy to forge an analytical vocabulary that constitutes the
building blocks of a theory of ritual economy-the process of
provisioning and consuming that materializes and substantiates
worldview for managing meanings and shaping interpretations. The
chapters in Part I explore how values and beliefs structure the
dual processes of provisioning and consuming. Contributions to Part
II consider how ritual and economic processes interlink to
materialize and substantiate worldview. Chapters in Part III
examine how people and institutions craft and assert worldview
through ritual and economic action to manage meaning and shape
interpretation. In Part IV, Jeremy Sabloff outlines the road ahead
for developing the theory of ritual economy. By focusing on the
intersection of cosmology and material transfers, the contributors
push economic theory towards a more socially informed perspective.
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