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College Catalog 2014-2015 
    
College Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ANTH 360 - Anthropology of Tourism


This course examines the impact of different kinds of tourism (mass tourism, ecotourism, sand-sea-sun-sex tourism, ethnic tourism) on local peoples, environments and economies. It looks at the historical development of tourism and its links to both travel as a leisure pursuit in the colonial period and to economic developments in industrializing Europe. The course examines the tourist encounter and the models used to analyze it. Issues discussed include cultural mediation, the politics of cultural representation, and the problems of commoditization of culture. Prerequisite(s):   or   Offered occasionally. (4 Credits)