Sharing culture or selling out?: Developing the commodified persona in the heritage industry

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-395

  Bunten, Alexis Celeste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural commodification; Northwest Coast; Representation; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349094767     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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