Imaged or imagined?: Cultural representations and the " tourismification" of peoples and places

Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 49-71

  Salazar, Noel B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural representation; Maasai; Tanzania; Tourism imaginary; Tourismification

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; IMAGERY; TOURISM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MASAI MARA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 68149171749     PISSN: 00080055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/etudesafricaines.18628     Document Type: Review

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