Cultural tourism in Latin America the politics of space and imagery / [electronic resource] : edited by Michiel Baud and Annelou Ypeij. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - xii, 323 p. : ill., maps. - CEDLA Latin America studies, v. 96 1572-6401 ; . - Latin America studies ; 96. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cultural tourism in Latin America : an introduction / Michiel Baud and Annelou Ypeij -- Tourism, folklore and the emergence of regional and national identities / Zoila S. Mendoza -- The 'three roots' of Panama's cultural heritage : the construction of racial and national identities in theme parks / Carla Guerrón Montero -- Through the othering gaze : Yucatecan trova music and 'the tourist' in Yucatán, Mexico / Gabriela Vargas-Cetina -- 'A symbol of wisdom and love'? : counter-cultural tourism and the multiple faces of María Sabina in Huautla, Oaxaca / Ben Feinberg -- Sacamefotos and tejedoras : frontstage performance and backstage meaning in a Peruvian context / Beatrice Simon -- Tourism, the state and the marketing of traditional Andean artesanías : problematic encounters, pitfalls, and competing interests / Lynn A. Meisch -- Dishing up the city : tourism and street vendors in Cuzco / Griet Steel -- Caught between nature and culture : making a living within the world heritage site of Machu Picchu, Peru / Keely B. Maxwell and Annelou Ypeij -- Trivializing culture, social conflict and heritage tourism in Quito / Alan Middleton -- Contesting heritage in Antigua, Guatemala / Walter E. Little -- Hacienda hotels and other ironies of luxury in Yucatán, Mexico / Lisa Breglia -- Heritage and indigeneity : transformations in the politics of tourism / Quetzil E. Castañeda.


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Heritage tourism--Social aspects--Latin America.
Heritage tourism--Political aspects--Latin America.
Culture and tourism--Latin America.
Cultural property--Social aspects--Latin America.


Latin America--Cultural policy.
Latin America--Social conditions--21st century.


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