Pilgrimage Tourism of Diaspora Africans to Ghana

ISBN-13: 9780415885027 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 234 str.

Ann Reed

Opis

This ethnography analyzes the travel of diaspora Africans to Ghana by considering its cultural and political economic meanings for hosts, guests and intermediaries. Reed highlights how tensions inherent in promoting heritage travel alternatively as tourism or as pilgrimage have profound implications.

Spis treści

1. Slavery Heritage and the Call to Home: Diasporan Travel to Ghana  2. The Development of Ghana’s Heritage Tourism  3. Culture Brokers at the Front Lines: Tour Guides at Cape Coast and Elmina Castles Interpret the Slave Story  4. Visitors’ Perspectives at Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle: Slave Trade Memoryscapes and Ideoscapes  5. The Performance of Public Discourse: Slavery Heritage and One Africa Ideoscapes Produced by Locals  6. Foreigner or Family? Ghanaian Interpretations of the One Africa Ideoscape  7. Slavery Heritage Tourism, the African Family, and the Politics of Memory

O autorze

Ann Reed is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Iowa State University.