The Tourism Encounter : Fashioning Latin American Nations and Histories

近幾十年來，一些拉丁美洲國家經歷了旅遊業衰退導致的政治轉型。這表明，在衝突後國家，旅遊業經常在社會轉型失敗的地方佔據，有時也會受益於以前的禁區。

比較古巴、墨西哥、尼加拉瓜和秘魯的案例，巴布展示了旅遊業如何成為改造過渡國家的主要力量。雖然旅遊業吹捧著美麗的風景和殖民魅力，但它也充分利用了對最近革命歷史的追求。在此過程中，選擇性歷史得到促進國家再製。

In recent decades, several Latin American nations have experienced political transitions that have caused a decline in tourism. In spite of-or even because of-that history, these areas are again becoming popular destinations. This work reveals that in post-conflict nations, tourism often takes up where social transformation leaves off and sometimes benefits from formerly off-limits status.

Comparing cases in Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru, Babb shows how tourism is a major force in remaking transitional nations. While tourism touts scenic beauty and colonial charm, it also capitalizes on the desire for a brush with recent revolutionary history. In the process, selective histories are promoted and nations remade.

This work presents the diverse stories of those linked to the trade and reveals how interpretations of the past and desires for the future coincide and collide in the global marketplace of tourism.

   Florence Babb (Autor)

Publisher:Stanford University Press 

ISBN:    978-0804771566 

原價   US 21.95 台幣價 NT$740