Commoditizing culture: Tourism and Maya identity

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 353-368

  Medina, Laurie Kroshus ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Commoditization; Culture; Identity; Maya

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNICITY; KNOWLEDGE; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

BELIZE;

EID: 0037390091     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-7383(02)00099-3     Document Type: Article

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