Tourism and Indigenous Heritage in Latin America: As Observed Through Mexico's Magical Village Cuetzalan

ISBN-13: 9780367587352 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 194 str.

Casper Jacobsen

Opis

The book assesses current multiculturalist policies in Mexico and how they affect local indigenous populations. The book examines a state tourist initiative of "Magical Villages" where tourists can have special experiences linked to ideas of indigeneity, tradition and heritage. The argument is that this policy acts as a way to contain, constrain

Spis treści

Prologue: Hope and despair in Cuetzalan 1. Introduction 2. Governing frames 3. Working the translocal field 4. The diachronic Magical Villages Program. Frames and technologies in motion 5. When pros turn pro: Community ambassadors and social order 6. Multicultourism in the Magical Village: Setting temporality and translocality 7. Networking/rooting: Ritual co-parenthood in Tzinacapan 8. Regenerative fiesta: ritual configuration of history, identity, and society Epilogue

O autorze

Casper Jacobsen holds a PhD in American Indian Languages and Cultures, and is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen and the State University of New York at Albany, USA. His research focuses on the history and heritage of indigenous peoples in pre-Hispanic, colonial, and contemporary Latin America.