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What does it mean to study tourism ethnographically? How has the
ethnography of tourism changed from the 1970s to today? What
theories, themes, and concepts drive contemporary research?
Thirteen leading anthropologists of tourism address these
questions, focusing on the experience-near, interpretive-humanistic
approach to tourism studies that emerged in the 1990s and continues
to be prominent today. Widely associated with the work of American
anthropologist Edward Bruner, this perspective is characterized by
an attentiveness to representation, imagination, interpretation,
meaning, and the inherent subjectivity of both ethnography and
tourism as social practices. Contributors draw on their ongoing
fieldwork to illustrate, critically engage, and build upon key
concepts in tourism ethnography today—from experience, encounter,
and emergent culture to authenticity, narrative, contested sites,
the touristic borderzone, embodiment, identity, and mobility. Using
Bruner’s work as a lens for delving into the past, present, and
future of interpretive-humanistic tourism ethnography, these
scholars provide a critical introduction to the state of the art.
With its comprehensive introductory chapter, keyword-based
organization, and engaging style, this volume will appeal to
students of anthropology and tourism studies, as well as scholars
in both fields and beyond.
**Winner of the 2020 Edward Bruner Prize from the Anthropology of
Tourism Interest Group** "Leite, Castaneda, and Adams's volume is a
beautiful retrospective of the enduring importance of Ed Bruner's
work and legacy in our field, and we have no doubt that it will be
used as a central historical, theoretical, and teaching text by
many." - Prize Committee What does it mean to study tourism
ethnographically? How has the ethnography of tourism changed from
the 1970s to today? What theories, themes, and concepts drive
contemporary research? Thirteen leading anthropologists of tourism
address these questions and provide a critical introduction to the
state of the art. Focusing on the experience-near,
interpretive-humanistic approach to tourism studies widely
associated with anthropologist Edward Bruner, the contributors draw
on their fieldwork to illustrate and build upon key concepts in
tourism ethnography, from experience, encounter, and emergent
culture to authenticity, narrative, contested sites, the
borderzone, embodiment, identity, and mobility. With its
comprehensive introductory chapter, keyword-based organization, and
engaging style, The Ethnography of Tourism will appeal to
anthropology and tourism studies students, as well as to scholars
in both fields and beyond. For more information, check out A
Conversation with the Editors of the Ethnography of Tourism: Edward
M. Bruner and Beyond and In Memoriam: Ed Bruner.
Recruited to be a lecturer on a group tour of Indonesia, Edward M.
Bruner decided to make the tourists aware of tourism itself. He
photographed tourists photographing Indonesians, asking the group
how they felt having their pictures taken without their permission.
After a dance performance, Bruner explained to the group that the
exhibition was not traditional, but instead had been set up
specifically for tourists. His efforts to induce reflexivity led to
conflict with the tour company, which wanted the displays to be
viewed as replicas of culture and to remain unexamined. Although
Bruner was eventually fired, the experience became part of a
sustained exploration of tourist performances, narratives, and
practices.
Synthesizing more than twenty years of research in cultural
tourism, "Culture on Tour" analyzes a remarkable variety of tourist
productions, ranging from safari excursions in Kenya and dance
dramas in Bali to an Abraham Lincoln heritage site in Illinois.
Bruner examines each site in all its particularity, taking account
of global and local factors, as well as the multiple perspectives
of the various actors--the tourists, the producers, the locals, and
even the anthropologist himself. The collection will be essential
to those in the field as well as to readers interested in
globalization and travel.
Fourteen authors, including many of the best-known scholars in the
field, explore how people actually experience their culture and how
those experiences are expressed in forms as varied as narrative,
literary work, theater, carnival, ritual, reminiscence, and life
review. Their studies will be of special interest for anyone
working in anthropological theory, symbolic anthropology, and
contemporary social and cultural anthropology, and useful as well
for other social scientists, folklorists, literary theorists, and
philosophers.
Tourism is fast becoming a prominent feature of daily life. Despite this, recent literature on the topic of tourism and tourist studies is relatively sparse. Now, in International Tourism, a team of distinguished contributors offers new insights into theories of tourism and touristic practices. Contributors move away from the traditional paradigm in tourist studies that focused almost exclusively on the effects or consequences of tourism. Instead, they convincingly reconceptualize tourism, offering a theoretically sophisticated reappraisal of tourism as a transnational global issue. Replete with illustrative case studies, this volume rethinks many of the assumptions inherent in tourism research. International Tourism is a must for all scholars and students in sociology, leisure studies, and tourism studies.
Recruited to be a lecturer on a group tour of Indonesia, Edward M.
Bruner decided to make the tourists aware of tourism itself. He
photographed tourists photographing Indonesians, asking the group
how they felt having their pictures taken without their permission.
After a dance performance, Bruner explained to the group that the
exhibition was not traditional, but instead had been set up
specifically for tourists. His efforts to induce reflexivity led to
conflict with the tour company, which wanted the displays to be
viewed as replicas of culture and to remain unexamined. Although
Bruner was eventually fired, the experience became part of a
sustained exploration of tourist performances, narratives, and
practices.
Synthesizing more than twenty years of research in cultural
tourism, "Culture on Tour" analyzes a remarkable variety of tourist
productions, ranging from safari excursions in Kenya and dance
dramas in Bali to an Abraham Lincoln heritage site in Illinois.
Bruner examines each site in all its particularity, taking account
of global and local factors, as well as the multiple perspectives
of the various actors--the tourists, the producers, the locals, and
even the anthropologist himself. The collection will be essential
to those in the field as well as to readers interested in
globalization and travel.
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