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The Living Inca Town Karoline Guelke

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The Living Inca Town By Karoline Guelke

The Living Inca Town by Karoline Guelke


Summary

Using an accessible style and innovative visual methods, The Living Inca Town illustrates how tourism can perpetuate and even exacerbate gendered and global inequalities, while also exploring new avenues in which these can be contested.

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The Living Inca Town: Tourist Encounters in the Peruvian Andes by Karoline Guelke

The Living Inca Town presents a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the southern Peruvian Andes and the starting point for many popular treks to Machu Picchu. Tourism is generally welcomed in Ollantaytambo, as it provides a steady stream of work for local businesses, particularly those run by women. However, the obvious material inequalities between locals and tourists affect many interactions and have contributed to conflict and aggression throughout the tourist zones. Based on a number of research visits over the course of fifteen years, The Living Inca Town examines the experiences and interactions of locals, visitors, and tourism brokers. The book makes room for unique perspectives and uses innovative visual methods, including photovoice images and pen and ink drawings, to represent different viewpoints of day-to-day tourist encounters. The Living Inca Town vividly illustrates how tourism can perpetuate gendered and global inequalities, while also exploring new avenues to challenge and renegotiate these roles.

About Karoline Guelke

Karoline Guelke is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Victoria.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Tourist Encounters and Perceptions 3. Negotiating Gender and Ethnicity 4. Negotiating Material Inequalities 5. Conflict, Resistance, and Witchcraft 6. Marketing Spirituality and Romance 7. Conclusion References Index

Additional information

CIN1487525664G
9781487525668
1487525664
The Living Inca Town: Tourist Encounters in the Peruvian Andes by Karoline Guelke
Used - Good
Paperback
University of Toronto Press
20210324
204
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