Erscheint: Februar 2027
Buch (Hardcover): Fachbuch
Performing Tourism at the Coast
Power and Postcolonial Relations in Kenya
Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36475489
EAN: 9781836460763
Erscheint: Februar 2027
Versand: Kostenlos
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Beschreibung
Pioneers a conceptual blend of performance studies and linguistic anthropology to decode the vital 'backstage' spaces that sustain frontstage tourist encounters at the grassroots level. This book presents an ethnographic study of tourism and cultural change at Diani Beach on Kenya's southern coast. It examines how tourism is performed across different spaces - including beaches, hotels, heritage sites and pubs - and analyses the relationship between frontstage performances visible to tourists and backstage practices that sustain local communities. Drawing on postcolonial theory, performance studies, linguistic anthropology and tourism studies, it explores how colonial legacies continue to shape tourism while highlighting the agency, multilingual creativity and everyday strategies of beach operators. The volume contributes to debates on tourism, cultural change and decolonisation by demonstrating how tourism simultaneously reproduces structural inequalities and creates spaces for negotiation, resistance and cultural innovation. It is a useful resource for researchers, teachers and students in social and cultural anthropology, tourism studies, African studies and postcolonial studies.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Janna Perbix
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2027
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 224