More authentic than thou: Authenticity and othering in Fiji tourism discourse

Tourist Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-49

  White, Carmen M ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

authenticity; Fiji; Fiji Indians; Fijians; noble savagery; othering; primitivity; South Pacific; tourism discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547110787     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797607079803     Document Type: Article

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