Encountering the 'Other': Pilgrims, Tourists and Boatmen in the City of Varanasi
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Contemporary studies of tourism in the 'Third World' often focus on the far-reaching economic, cultural and environmental consequences of tourism on local populations. Scholars have argued that guest/host interactions reflect a relation of domination in which, much like imperialism, wealthy Western tourists travel in search of the exotic Orient. The tourists are then served and catered to by local communities who are dependent on their business. Such polarities tend to privilege the 'guests' as...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2005 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49849 |
Source: | Australian Journal of Anthropology, The |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1835-9310.2005.tb00032.x |
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