1st Edition

Living with Tourism Negotiating Identities in a Turkish Village

By Hazel Tucker Copyright 2003
224 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Redefining 'community' and considering the effects tourism has on culture, this detailed book delivers an ethnographic account of both the toured and touring community in Göreme, central Turkey. Hazel Tucker presents an in-depth analysis of the interactions between tourists, the local community and place. She demonstrates the implications that community ownership and participation in tourism... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Imaging Cappadocia - The Construction of a Tourist Place  3. The Tourists - In Search of Serendipity  4. Continuity and Change - Gender and Production in Göreme  5. A Community in Competition - The Business of Tourism in Göreme  6. Close Encounters - Interactions between Hosts and Guests  7. Romantic Developments - New and Changing Gender Relations Through Tourism  8. Continuation of Göreme as a 'Tourist Site' - Politics of Place and Identity  9. Conclusion

Biography

Hazel Tucker