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Preliminary Material -- Chapter One. Cultural Tourism In Latin America: An Introduction -- Chapter Two. Tourism, Folklore And The Emergence Of Regional And National Identities /Zoila S. Mendoza -- Chapter Three. The Three Roots Of Panamas Cultural Heritage: The Construction Of Racial And National Identities In Theme Parks /Carla Guerrón Montero -- Chapter Four. Through The Othering Gaze: Yucatecan Trova Music And The Tourist In Yucatán, Mexico /Gabriela Vargas-Cetina -- Chapter Five. A Symbol Of Wisdom And Love ? Counter-Cultural Tourism And The Multiple Faces Of María Sabina In Huautla, Oaxaca /Ben Feinberg -- Chapter Six. Sacamefotos And Tejedoras: Frontstage Performance And Backstage Meaning In A Peruvian Context /Beatrice Simon -- Chapter Seven. Tourism, The State, And The Marketing Of Traditional Andean Artesanías: Problematic Encounters, Pitfalls, And Competing Interests /Lynn A. Meisch -- Chapter Eight. Dishing Up The City: Tourism And Street Vendors In Cuzco /Griet Steel -- Chapter Nine. Caught Between Nature And Culture: Making A Living Within The World Heritage Site Of Machu Picchu, Peru /Keely B. Maxwell and Annelou Ypeij -- Chapter Ten. Trivializing Culture, Social Conflict And Heritage Tourism In Quito /Alan Middleton -- Chapter Eleven. Contesting Heritage In Antigua, Guatemala /Walter E. Little -- Chapter Twelve. Hacienda Hotels And Other Ironies Of Luxury In Yucatán, Mexico /Lisa Breglia -- Chapter Thirteen. Heritage And Indigeneity: Transformations In The Politics Of Tourism /Quetzil E. Castañeda -- Bibliography -- List Of Contributors -- Index.

Cultural tourism has become an important source of revenue for Latin American countries, especially in the Andes and Meso-America. This book analyses its effects and the processes of cultural change it provokes in local societies.

Through an in-depth analysis of the multifaceted manifestations of gender and conflict, this book shows how cognition and behaviour, agency and victimization, are gendered beyond the popular stereotypes. Conflict not only reconfirms social hierarchies and power relations, but also motivates people to transgress cultural boundaries and redefine their self-images and identities. The contributions are a mix of classical ethnography, performance studies and embodiment studies, showing 'emotions and feelings' often denied in scientific social research. Strong in their constructivist approach and unorthodox in theory, the articles touch upon the dynamic relation between the discourses, embodiments and symbolic practices that constitute the gendered world of conflict. The localities and research sites vary from institutional settings such as a school, rebel movements, public toilets and the military to more artistic domains of gendered conflicts such as prison theatre classes and the capoeira ring. At the same time, these conflicts and domains appropriate wider discourses and practices of a global nature, demonstrating the globalised and institutionalised nature of the nexus gender-conflict