TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCaughan,Jill Adair
TI  - Abjection and its correction in ethnographic studies: communication issues in the cultural tourism of Isla Mujeres, Mexico 
T2  - Critical bodies
SN  - 1572733608
AV  - GN397.5 .M39 2005
U1  - 306.4819097267 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - Cresskill, N.J.
PB  - Hampton Press
KW  - Applied anthropology
KW  - Culture and tourism
KW  - Research
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Isla Mujeres
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Indians of Mexico
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -