The Ethnography of Tourism

Edited by Naomi M. Leite; Quetzil E. Castañeda and Kathleen M. Adams - Contributions by Kathleen M. Adams; Edward M. Bruner; Margaret Byrne Swain; Quetzil E. Castañeda; Michael A. Di Giovine; Nelson Graburn; Julia Harrison; Naomi M. Leite; Walter E. Littl

**Winner of the 2020 Edward M. Bruner Book Award from the Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group**"Leite, Castaneda, and Adams's volume is a beautiful retrospective of the enduring importance of Ed Bruner's work and legacy in our field, and we have no doubt that it will be used as a central historical, theoretical, and teaching text by many." - Prize CommitteeWhat does it mean to study tourism ethnographically? How has the ethnography of tourism changed from the 1970s to today? What theories, themes, and concepts drive contemporary research? Thirteen leading anthropologists of tourism address these questions and provide a critical introduction to the state of the art. Focusing on the experience-near, interpretive-humanistic approach to tourism studies widely associated with anthropologist Edward Bruner, the contributors draw on their fieldwork to illustrate and build upon key concepts in tourism ethnography, from experience, encounter, and emergent culture to authenticity, narrative, contested sites, the borderzone, embodiment, identity, and mobility. With its comprehensive introductory chapter, keyword-based organization, and engaging style, The Ethnography of Tourism will appeal to anthropology and tourism studies students, as well as to scholars in both fields and beyond.For more information, check out A Conversation with the Editors of the Ethnography of Tourism: Edward M. Bruner and Beyond and In Memoriam: Ed Bruner.

Chapter 1: Formation - Always in Process: Edward Bruner, American Anthropology, and the Study of TourismChapter 2: Genealogies - On the Emergence of Identity and Borderzones as Key ConceptsChapter 3: Influence - "So in Effect I Was Studying Myself": Knowing (Our) Tourist StoriesChapter 4: Authenticity - "Whatever We Weave Is Authentic": Coproducing Authenticity in Guatemalan Tourism Textile MarketsChapter 5: The Borderzone - Living in and Reaching beyond the Touristic Borderzone: A View from CubaChapter 6: Constructivism - "I Can Feel Them Now, Even as I Write": Hiking Yosemite Falls with the Emergent Subjects of TourismChapter 7: Identity ¿ Mobility ¿ Embodiment - "Being a Tourist in My (Own) Home": Negotiating Identity between Tourism and Migration in IndonesiaChapter 8: The Self ¿ Narrative ¿ The Borderzone - Beyond Dialogue: Hospitality and the Transformation of Self in Southwestern MadagascarChapter 9: Contested Sites ¿ Identity ¿ Stories - "Ideologies at War" in Chichén Itzá: An Ethnography of a Tourism DestinationChapter 10. Dialogues - (I) Taking Tourism Seriously: A Conversation with Edward Bruner and (II) Reflections