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The Tourists And The Toured: Identity In Greenmarket Square, Sophia Perlman
The Tourists And The Toured: Identity In Greenmarket Square, Sophia Perlman
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This project explores the intersection between vendors and tourists in Greenmarket Square, a popular arts and crafts market in Cape Town. I examine the way in which the identities of the vendors and tourists are co-constructed in this market setting. I focus, in particular, on how vendors articulate and negotiate their identity through the tourist gaze. In addition, I consider the role of the objects in the co-construction of the tourists and toured identities. My findings are based on data gathered through participant observation with vendors, interviews with vendors and tourists, and content analysis of objects and tourist guidebooks. My …