Abjection and its correction in ethnographic studies : communication issues in the cultural tourism of Isla Mujeres, Mexico / Jill Adair McCaughan.
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TextSeries: Hampton Press communication series. Critical bodies.Publisher: Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: x, 201 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1572733608
- 9781572733602
- 1572733616
- 9781572733619
- 306.4819097267 22
- GN397.5 .M39 2005
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Abject communication : ethnographic practices in communication, folklore, and sociolinguistics -- 3. Phenomenology in the field -- 4. A perspective on political economy as it relates to ethnographic studies of tourism in "developing" nations -- 5. Fleshtones of the situation -- 6. Postcard promiscuity -- 7. T-shirt tales : the body as billboard -- 8. Conclusion.
"This work explores the problematic nature of ethnographic research in regard to power differentials experienced by ethnographers and researched communities. The case study location is Isla Mujeres, Mexico, a small island located off the Yucatan coast." "The study focuses specifically on the ongoing creation of the identity of the island as a home and as a site of tourism, as communicated through promotional texts and personal interaction between tourists and islanders. The book takes into account the ways in which the presence of the researcher and the goals and methods of the research both mediate and participate in the modification of the tourism-based economy as well as the social milieu of the research communities."--BOOK JACKET.
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