Bali and beyond : explorations in the anthropology of tourism /

Based on field research carried out over two decades, the author surveys the development of the anthropology of tourism and its significance, using case studies drawn from Indonesia, New Guinea and Japan. [from publisher's advertisement].

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yamashita, Shinji
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.
Series:Asian anthropologies
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Tourism and Anthropology
  • Ch. 1. Tourism and Cultural Production: An Anthropological Perspective
  • Ch. 2. Space and Time Under the Tourist Gaze
  • pt. II. Tourism in Bali
  • Ch. 3. Creation of "Paradise" Under the Dutch Colonial System
  • Ch. 4. Cultural Tourism Policy and the Indonesian Nation State
  • Ch. 5. Contemporary Hinduism in Bali: Between State and Tourism
  • Ch. 6. Staging Paradise: The Development of Touristic Culture
  • Ch. 7. Japanese and Balinese Tourism: Brides Heading for the Island of the Gods
  • Ch. 8. Alternative Tourism: New Developments
  • pt. III. Beyond Bali
  • Ch. 9. Manipulating Ethnic Tradition among the Toraja of Indonesia
  • Ch. 10. "Cannibal Tours" Adventure: Sepik River Tourism in Papua New Guinea
  • Ch. 11. Home of Folklore: Tourism in Tono, Northeastern Japan
  • Ch. 12. Between the Global and the Local: Learning from the Anthropology of Tourism.