Circulation and Consumption
Transnational Mass Tourism in Cancun, Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19488235 |
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| Authors | Christine Preble (University at Albany, State University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 38-45 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Student Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2330-7625 • E-ISSN: 2330-7625 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.sda2.20100201.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W3131999546 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Cancun's packaged image of paradise is a dynamic and constantly flowing contestation of identity and livelihood for those involved in the service sector. Indigeneity is used as spectacle, prop, and entertainment in the tourism industry and is especially popular in mass tourism zones like Cancun. Circulation of not only bodies, but theory surrounding authenticity and indigeneity, are all represented in the hyper‐commodification that defines mass tourism. Cancun uses transnational connections for marketing of space, goods, and people that are in a constant state of circulation. Looking at the rise of the tourism industry in Cancun processually leads us to explore this moment of mistrust between movements between the United States and Mexico. Violence throughout the border between these countries leads to fear that mass media instills in its audiences. How are these emerging attitudes of fear affecting mass tourism in Mexico? What are the effects of mass tourism on its locality? Using a transnational framework helps to decode complex structures of circulation in Cancun's mass tourism industry
Advertising · Agriculture · Business · Commodification · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Entertainment · Geography · Livelihood · Mass media · Paradise · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Tourism geography · Cruise Tourism Development and Management · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Engineering · History · Law · Religious Tourism and Spaces
The McDonaldization Thesis
Empty Meeting Grounds
Commoditizing culture
Tourism and Developmentevidence From Mexico
Gringolandia
Toward a better understanding of tourism and agriculture linkages in the Yucatan
Caribbean cruise tourism
Rethinking authenticity in tourism experience
Milpa As an Ideological Weapon
The Two Milpas of Chan Kom
Fiscal Disobedience
Ecological Anthropology
| Highly cited | No |
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