Following the surge of regional multiculturalism and indigenous political mobilization, how are indigenous Latin Americans governed today? Addressing the Mexican flagship tourist initiative of 'Magical Villages, ' this book shows how government tourism programs do more than craft appealing...

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Main Author:	Jacobsen, Casper (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London Routledge 2018
Edition:	1st
Series:	Routledge advances in tourism and anthropology
Subjects:	Heritage tourism / Government policy / Latin America Multiculturalism / Latin America Indigenous peoples / Latin America / Social conditions Culture and tourism / Latin America
Online Access:	Volltext
Summary:	Following the surge of regional multiculturalism and indigenous political mobilization, how are indigenous Latin Americans governed today? Addressing the Mexican flagship tourist initiative of 'Magical Villages, ' this book shows how government tourism programs do more than craft appealing tourist experiences from ideas of indigeneity, tradition, and heritage. Rather, heritage-centered tourism and multiculturalism are fusing into a strategy of government set to tame and steer indigenous spaces of negotiation by offering alternative multicultural national self-images, which trigger new modes of national belonging and participation, without challenging structural political and social asymmetries. By examining contemporary Mexican tourism policies and multiculturalist ideals through policy analysis and ethnographic research in a mestizo municipalcapital in a majority indigenous Nahua municipality, this book shows how mestizo nationalism is regenerated in tourism as part of a neoliberal governmentality framework. The book demonstrates how tourism initiatives that center on indigenous cultural heritage and recognition do not self-evidently empower indigenous citizens, and may pave the way for extracting indigenous heritage as a national resource to the benefit of local elites and tourist visitors. This work is of key interest to researchers, advanced students, and critically engaged practitioners in the fields of Latin American studies, indigenous studies, social anthropology, critical heritage studies, and tourism
Item Description:	Prologue: Hope and despair in Cuetzalan 1. Introduction 2. Governing frames 3. Working the translocal field 4. The diachronic Magical Villages Program. Frames and technologies in motion 5. When pros turn pro: Community ambassadors and social order 6. Multicultourism in the Magical Village: Setting temporality and translocality 7. Networking/rooting: Ritual co-parenthood in Tzinacapan 8. Regenerative fiesta: ritual configuration of history, identity, and society Epilogue
Physical Description:	1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:	9781351614771 1351614770 9781351614788 1351614789 9781351614764 1351614762 9781315110004 1315110008