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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Kimbra
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-27T04:31:51Z
dc.date.available2021-01-27T04:31:51Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46328
dc.description.abstractThe community of Agua Blanca, deep within the Machalilla National Park on the coast of Ecuador, found itself facing the twenty-first century with a choice: embrace a booming tourist industry eager to experience a preconceived notion of indigeneity, or risk losing a battle against the encroaching forces of capitalism and development. The facts spoke for themselves, however, as tourism dollars became the most significant source of income in the community.<br><br>Thus came a nearly inevitable shock, as the daily rhythms of life—rising before dawn to prepare for a long day of maintaining livestock and crops; returning for a late lunch and siesta; joining in a game of soccer followed by dinner in the evening—transformed forever in favor of a new tourist industry and the compromises required to support it. As <em>Practically Invisible</em> demonstrates, for Agua Blancans, becoming a supposedly "authentic" version of their own indigenous selves required performing their culture for outsiders, thus becoming these performances within the minds of these visitors. At the heart of this story, then, is a delicate balancing act between tradition and survival, a performance experienced by countless indigenous groups.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC6 Cultural studies: customs and traditionsen_US
dc.subject.otherSocial Science
dc.subject.otherHuman Geography
dc.subject.otherSocial Science
dc.subject.otherCustoms & Traditions
dc.titlePractically Invisible
dc.title.alternativeCoastal Ecuador, Tourism, and the Politics of Authenticity
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy4bfd2abc-a095-47dc-8e80-de52e374d452
oapen.relation.isbn9780826520586
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.imprintVanderbilt University Press
oapen.identifierhttps://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/1236cee9-8443-4ba4-9609-bb9b26b004be
oapen.identifier.isbn9780826520586


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