Tourism Encounter Fashioning Latin American Nations and Histories

Name: Tourism Encounter Fashioning Latin American Nations and Histories
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ISBN: 9780804771566

ISBN-10: 0804771561

ISBN-13: 9780804771566

Edition: 2010

Authors: Florence Babb

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In recent decades, several Latin American nations have experienced political transitions that have caused a decline in tourism. In spite of--or even because of--that history, these areas are again becoming popular destinations. This work reveals that in post-conflict nations, tourism often takes up where social transformation leaves off and sometimes benefits from formerly off-limits status. Comparing cases in Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru, Babb shows how tourism is a major force in remaking transitional nations. While tourism touts scenic beauty and colonial charm, it also capitalizes on the desire for a brush with recent revolutionary history. In the process, selective histories are…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 8/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction The Tourism Encounter



Postrevolutionary Tourism in Cuba and Nicaragua



Che, Chevys, and Hemingway's Daiquiris: Cuban Tourism in Transition



Recycled Sandalistas: From Revolution to Resorts in the New Nicaragua



Cultural Tourism in Postconflict Andean Peru and Chiapas, Mexico



Forgetting the Past: Andean Cultural Tourism After the Violence



Remembering the Revolution: Indigenous Culture and Zapatista Tourism



Tourism and Its Discontents: Gender, Race, and Power in Transitional Societies



Sex and Sentiment in Cuban and Nicaraguan Tourism



Race, Gender, and Cultural Tourism in Andean Peru and Chiapas, Mexico


Conclusion: Posttourism and Nationhood


Notes


References


Index