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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | African tourist encounters: effects of tourism on two West African societies |
Author: | Beek, Walter E.A. van |
Year: | 2007 |
Periodical: | African Analyst Quarterly |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 87-101 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Cameroon Mali |
Subjects: | tourism Kapsiki Dogon self-concept |
Abstract: | While the Dogon in Mali and the Kapsiki in north Cameroon are comparable in many respects, tourism affects them quite differently. The Dogon react to the tourist presence by bolstering their cultural pride and self-esteem. For them, the tourist presence signals the importance and intrinsic interest of Dogon culture. The Kapsiki interpret the attention of tourists and their quest for 'authenticity' as indicating that they are 'backward' and marginal, living at the rim of the habitable world. The author traces the reasons for these different reactions to processes inherent in cultural tourism, to the specific agenda of tourism in both places, and to characteristics of the host cultures. [ASC Leiden abstract] |