Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 352 pages
• Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Edition: 2nd Edition February 1989
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0812212800
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0812212808
• Book Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Review


"A pioneering collection of 16 scholarly papers in the anthropology of tourism. . . . It has much to interest the casual reader. . . . A mirror of human behavior."--New York Times

Reader Reviews
Anthropology really needed this book: after decades of ignoring the interractions between hosts and guests, a book that bridges the gap has become especially necessary. Although written in 1977, and a little theoretically dated, the book provided a sound foundation for more recent (but equally readable and enjoyable) anthropological anthologies of tourism (see, for example, Greg Ringer's "Destinations: cultural landscapes of tourism"). This book details in diverse localities, from Eskimo communities to Polynesia, the complex interractions between traveller and local, between the observers and the observed. A carefully written, edited, and nuanced book.