ANTH 3559 - University of Virginia
ANTH 3559 - University of Virginia
ANTH 3559 - University of Virginia
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ISBN:#: 0-452-26235-6<br />
Edition: Latest<br />
-Additional electronic readings in course folder<br />
TOPICAL OUTLINE OF COURSE<br />
All readings should be done prior to the class on the day they are listed.<br />
Day 1- Orienting Tour: The Sociocultural Study <strong>of</strong> Tourism<br />
Course overview, administrative details; the relevance <strong>of</strong> tourism to millennium development<br />
goals and Latin American visions for the future (ex Plan Puebla Panama), Travel-writing<br />
exercise.(Also Intro to the anthrpology <strong>of</strong> tourism as a field <strong>of</strong> study: Roots <strong>of</strong> Contemporary<br />
Tourism Patterns; A Whirlwind History <strong>of</strong> Tourism; Classic theories about why we travel; Defining<br />
“the tourist”: Classic tourist typologies & their limitations; Parallels between pilgrimage &<br />
tourism; Sightseeing as modern ritual/sacred quest).<br />
Read for Day 1 (prior to class): -Gmelch, S. “Why Tourism Matters” Ch 1 Tourists and Tourism.<br />
-Graburn, N. “Secular Ritual: A General Theory <strong>of</strong> Tourism.” Ch 2 Tourists and Tourism.<br />
(read this as an avenue for reflecting on our own practices as tourists, since it is<br />
important to understand Western tourists’ mindsets, as well)<br />
-Begin reading the next session’s readings, as they are longer.<br />
-In class video segment: “Holi-days” (2002, Tell-Tale Productions)<br />
Day 2: Shaping Meaning and Making Money: Tourism, Authenticity and Marketing <strong>of</strong><br />
Images <strong>of</strong> Peoples and Places<br />
A. Anthropological debates concerning authenticity and travelers’ pursuits (MacCannell’s “staged<br />
authenticity”, post-tourism, meta-tourism, the “questioning gaze,” McDisneyization, hypo-reality),<br />
looking beyond authenticity: are there other more productive approaches to understanding<br />
dynamics in tourist spaces?<br />
B. Economic dimensions <strong>of</strong> tourism. Cultural commoditization, leakage, tourism’s links to global<br />
economic restructuring. The relevance <strong>of</strong> tourism to the economic aspects <strong>of</strong> the UN Millennium<br />
goals.<br />
Read: - McLaren, Deborah “Tourism and Globalization” (4. Pp) (in class folder)<br />
-Ingles, P. “Performing Traditional Dances for Modern Tourists in the Amazon” Ch 13 in<br />
Tourists and Tourism. (Case study <strong>of</strong> Peru and Ecuador)<br />
-Mowforth, Charlton and Munt “Ch 5: Indigenous Peoples and Tourism in Latin America<br />
and the Caribbean” in Tourism and Responsibility: Perspectives from Latin<br />
America and the Caribbean, edited by Mowforth, Charlton and Munt. (2008)<br />
NY: Routledge. Read pp. 137-150, 152-159 top, p. 160 (bottom) – end <strong>of</strong> chapter.<br />
Optional Readings & Resources:<br />
-Highly recommended: “Ch 1: Introduction” & Ch 2 “Global Politics, Power and Play: The<br />
Macro-Level <strong>of</strong> Responsibility” in Tourism and Responsibility: Perspectives from Latin<br />
American and the Caribbean ed. By Martin Mowforth, Clive Charlton and Ian Munt (2008).<br />
-G. Ritzer & Allan Liska “McDisneyization and Post-Tourism: Complementary<br />
Perspectives on Contemporary Tourism.” (In C. Rojek & J. Urry’s Touring Cultures:<br />
Transformations <strong>of</strong> Travel and Theory (1997) London: Routledge.<br />
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