Emberá Indigenous Tourism and the Trap of Authenticity: Beyond Inauthenticity and Invention

Prompted by tourist commentary that describes an Emberá community in Panama as "inauthentic" or "invented," I examine the limitations of these concepts when used to refer to cultural practices of indigenous communities. To escape from a limiting, singular vision of authenticity,...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New York Times Current History of the European War. - THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, 1820. - 86(2013), 2, Seite 397-425
1. Verfasser: Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New York Times Current History of the European War
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