Living with tourism : negotiating identities in a Turkish village / Hazel Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Hazel, 1965-

Series:

Routledge studies in contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility.

Routledge/contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Turkey--Goreme.

Tourism.

Tourism--Social aspects--Turkey--Goreme.

Visitors, Foreign--Turkey--Goreme--Attitudes.

Visitors, Foreign.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Redefining 'community' and considering the effects tourism has on culture, this detailed book delivers an ethnographic account of both the toured and touring community in Göreme, central Turkey. Hazel Tucker presents an in-depth analysis of the interactions between tourists, the local community and place. She demonstrates the implications that community ownership and participation in tourism have for the politics of representation and identity, and also for the nature of the tourist experience. Dealing with contentious theoretical issues related to globalization and culture, Tuck

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Imaging Cappadocia: the construction of a tourist place; 3 The tourists: in search of serendipity; 4 Continuity and change: gender and production in Göreme; 5 A community in competition: the business of tourism in Göreme; 6 Close encounters: interactions between hosts and guests; 7 Romantic developments: new and changing gender relations; 8 The continuation of Göreme as a 'tourist site'; 9 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-207) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-42675-5

1-280-11574-2

9786610115747

0-203-98767-5

9780203987674

OCLC:

475953798