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Raj Rhapsodies: Tourism, Heritage and the Seduction of History

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Heritage is a prized cultural commodity in the marketing of tourism destinations. Particular aspects of heritage are often more actively promoted, with others played down. The representation of heritage in tourism as static and timeless, derived since time immemorial from a distant past, is seductive. In Asia, a major part of the tourism market lies in the sale and consumption of highly orientalized images and versions of culture and history. In India’s marketing discourse, the state of Rajasthan symbolizes the nation in its heritage-laden, traditional and most authentic form. These images draw heavily on the British period in India - the Raj. In one sense, this vision of Rajasthan is ennobling, highlighting moments of cultural pride. In another sense, it demeans, by omitting and obscuring salient features of contemporary life. This fascinating book explores the cultural politics of tourism through interdisciplinary perspectives. Carol E. Henderson and Maxine Weisgrau demonstrate that tourism heritage privileges elite histories that recapitulate colonial relationships, compelling non-elites to collude in these narratives of subordination even as they advance their own alternative visions of history.

Author Biography:

Dr Carol Henderson is a Affiliated Faculty Member, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Rutgers University-Newark- The State University of New Jersey, USA. Dr Maxine Weisgrau is a Term Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Barnard College/Columbia University, USA. Tim Edensor, Carol E. Henderson, Maxine Weisgrau, Anne Hardgrove, Elena Karatchkova, Jason Freitag, Nicolas Bautes, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Jayasinhji Jhala, John E. Cort, Usha Sanyal, Christina A. Joseph.
Release date Australia
May 28th, 2007
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Undergraduate
Contributors
  • Edited by Carol Henderson
  • Edited by Maxine Weisgrau
Pages
282
Dimensions
156x234x18
ISBN-13
9780754670674
Product ID
3746272

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