Anthropology 2272F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Tantrum, Ecotourism, Gluttony

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 2272F/G
• Professor: Sherry Larkin

Document Summary

Native tours chapter 4: tourism and culture. Modern tourism is a leisured search for other traditions that are untouched by modern influences and a longing for a sense of authenticity through which the tourist might at least briefly escape the alienation of the industrial age. Distinct cultural traditions become threatened when isolation is no longer possible he(cid:374)(cid:272)e the i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)(cid:272)e of ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g to prote(cid:272)t (cid:862)traditio(cid:374)al(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)authe(cid:374)ti(cid:272)(cid:863) so(cid:272)ieties fro(cid:373) the effects of cultural encroachment, including the invasion of tourists. However, it seems just as likely that distinct culturally identifying traditions have often developed as a result of processes of differentiation that arise from exchanges between cultures. Ethnic tourism: activities that engage tourists in the experience of cultural events and situations that are distinct from their own. The impacts of tourism are likely to vary from one ethnic group to another, depending on cultural and social differences, as well as on the types of tourism each group is willing to entertain.