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The Mad Whittler, Gaylon Jeep Wilcox
The Mad Whittler, Gaylon Jeep Wilcox
Maine Song and Story Sampler
“The Mad Whittler” is about Rangeley’s former dump, which may not sound like a traditional subject for poetry. The dump was, before being closed, a major attraction where people from all over gathered to watch bears forage.
Bartenders Know Best: An In-Depth Analysis Of The Impact Of Tourism On Local Barbadian Culture, Pearl E. Jurist-Schoen
Bartenders Know Best: An In-Depth Analysis Of The Impact Of Tourism On Local Barbadian Culture, Pearl E. Jurist-Schoen
Honors Theses
The purpose of my thesis is, through my own field research, to analyze the impact of tourism on local Barbadian culture. Caribbean tourism draws strong criticisms from anthropologists due to the region’s geographical location and environmental landscape, its history of colonialism, and the economic vulnerabilities that result from the wealth discrepancy between the local people and the tourists that vacation there. On the very small and densely populated island of Barbados, nearly every person is impacted by tourism. The focus of my ethnography is the cultural exchanges between guests and hosts, most specifically bartenders. A bar harbors many important elements …
Tourism Research As "Global Ethnography", Michael A. Di Giovine
Tourism Research As "Global Ethnography", Michael A. Di Giovine
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
Tourism is a topic that has traditionally been treated with great ambivalence in anthropology, particularly compared to related issues such mobility and globalization. This is certainly curious considering that tourism continues to be the largest and fastest-growing industry in the world, even in the post-9/11 environment of terrorism fears and economic recession. This may explain why business schools, hospitality departments and management programs—particularly those outside of the United States—have embraced tourism studies, but it does not explain its relative neglect by, for example, economic anthropologists and others who are concerned with global flows of money, peoples, or information. (To be …
Editorial Introduction: Cultural Diplomacy In Action: U.S. Foreign Schools And Centers And The International Exchange Of Ideas, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke
Editorial Introduction: Cultural Diplomacy In Action: U.S. Foreign Schools And Centers And The International Exchange Of Ideas, Morag Kersel, Christina Luke
Morag M. Kersel
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Who Owns The Biblical Past? We All Can, Morag Kersel
Who Owns The Biblical Past? We All Can, Morag Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.