Beyond Tourist Gazes and Performances

U.S. Consumption of Land and Labor in Puerto Rican and Mexican Destinations

Bibliographic Data

ID4858752
AuthorsAlicia Swords (0000-0002-2426-1980, Ithaca College), Ronald L Mize (Ithaca College), Ronald Mize (0000-0001-6779-8705, Ithaca College)
Year2008
Volume35
Issue3
Pages53-69
Publication date2008-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0094582x08315790
OpenAlexW1996783132
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

Theoretical debates about the relationship between tourism and Latin American development are often based upon the distinction between tourism's performative and its visual aspects. Though gazes and performances are important, they occur in the context of a usurpation of land and labor that lead to the displacement and exploitation of the residents of tourist destinations. Examination of U.S. consumption of tourist destinations and hospitality labor in Puerto Rico and Mexico reveals that tourism exacerbates inequalities between tourists and service providers, calling into question its long-term sustainability

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Business · Consumption (sociology) · Context (archaeology) · Destinations · Economics · Economy · Geography · Hospitality · Performative utterance · Political science · Service (business) · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Tourism · Tourist destinations · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Marketing · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development