Through a new mirror: Reflections on tourism and identity in the Amazon

Human Organization

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-257

  Stronza, Amanda ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural revalorization; Ecotourism; Ethnicity; Indigenous; Mestizo

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ECOTOURISM; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HERITAGE TOURISM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55849119510     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.67.3.a556044720353823     Document Type: Article

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