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Tourism--one of the world's largest industries--has long been appreciated for its economic benefits, but in this volume tourism receives a unique systematic scrutiny as a medium for cultural exchange. Modern developments in technology and industry, together with masterful advertising, have created temporarily leisured people with the desire and the means to travel. They often in turn effect profound cultural change in the places they visit, and the contributors to this work all attend to the impact these "guests" have on their "hosts."

In contrast to the dramatic economic transformations, the social repercussions of tourism are subtle and often recognized only by the indigenous peoples themselves and by the anthropologists who have studied them before and after the introduction of tourism. The case studies in Hosts and Guests examine the five types of tourism--historical, cultural, ethnic, environmental, and recreational--and their impact on diverse societies over a broad geographical range

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. ix)
• I Tourism and Leisure: A Theoretical Overview (p. 19)
• 1 Tourism: The Sacred Journey (p. 21)
• 2 Tourism as a Form of Imperialism (p. 37)
• II Nascent Tourism in Non-Western Societies (p. 53)
• 3 Eskimo Tourism: Micro-Models and Marginal Men (p. 55)
• 4 Gender Roles in Indigenous Tourism: Kuna Mola, Kuna Yala, and Cultural Survival (p. 83)
• 5 Tourism in Tonga Revisited: Continued Troubled Times? (p. 105)
• 6 Towards a Theoretical Analysis of Tourism: Economic Dualism and Cultural Involution in Bali (p. 119)
• 7 Tourism in Toraja (Sulawesi, Indonesia) (p. 139)
• III Tourism in European Resorts (p. 169)
• 8 Culture by the Pound: An Anthropological Perspective on Tourism as Cultural Commoditization (p. 171)
• 9 Changing Perceptions of Tourism and Tourists in a Catalan Resort Town (p. 187)
• IV Tourism in Complex Societies (p. 201)
• 10 Tourism and Development in Three North Carolina Coastal Towns (p. 203)
• 11 The Impact of Tourism on the Arts and Crafts of the Indians of the Southwestern United States (p. 223)
• 12 Creating Antiques for Fun and Profit: Encounters Between Iranian Jewish Merchants and Touring Coreligionists (p. 237)
• 13 The Polynesian Cultural Center: A Multi-Ethnic Model of Seven Pacific Cultures (p. 247)
• V Towards a Theory of Tourism (p. 263)
• 14 Touristic Studies in Anthropological Perspective (p. 265)
• Reference List and Bibliography (p. 281)
• Index (p. 331)

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CHOICE Review

An anthropological study of the impact of tourism on culture. The first edition (CH, Jun '78) was a pioneering work. This second edition also contributes significantly to the further understanding of tourism. Most of the original case studies have been reexamined and updated, making this edition a diachronic comparative study with in-depth documentation. The volume contains sections on the theory of tourism and leisure, nascent tourism in non-Western societies, tourism in European resorts, and tourism in complex societies. The editor's introduction is a concise overview of the nature and types of tourism and the impact of tourism on host cultures. The essays are the result of firsthand experience through participant observation, extensive research, and close contact between the author-anthropologists and their informants. They focus on societies from the South Pacific to Iran to the US. In addition to their knowledge about the cultures and regions, most of the contributors have studied and written extensively about tourism. As tourism becomes one of the leading worldwide industries, greater recognition of its role is being acknowledged by American scholars. A proliferation of research is supported by a massive literature, much of which is cited in the extensive bibliography. Hosts and Guests is an important resource for students of interpretation, geography, folklore, and anthropology. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -Y. R. Lockwood, Michigan State University

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Valene L. Smith is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Chico.