Description
Book SynopsisBased on long-term ethnographic and archival research, this book considers the intersection of tourism, multiculturalism, and nation building. Carla Guerron Montero analyses the ways in which tourism becomes a vehicle for the development of specific kinds of institutional multiculturalism and nation-building projects.
Trade ReviewProvides a clear and comprehensive narrative of Afro-Antillean struggles for recognition in Panama." - Baron L. Pineda, author of
Shipwrecked Identities: Navigating Race on Nicaragua's Mosquito CoastTable of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Panameñismo and Panameñidad: Converging Ideologies in the Construction of Panamanian National Identity
- Chapter 2. Panama's Temporary Migrants: The Afro-Antillean Presence in the National Narrative
- Chapter 3. "Panama Is More Than a Canal": The Twenty-First Century and the Panamanian Tourism Industry
- Chapter 4. Touring the Archipelago of Bocas del Toro
- Chapter 5. Afro-Antilleanness Represented: Museums, Theme Parks, and the Manufacturing of History
- Chapter 6. The Permanent Attractions: Music and Cuisine as Malleable "Ethnic Commodities"
- Chapter 7. Conclusions: Afro-Antillean Identity Construction, International Tourism, and the New Symbols of Panameñidad
- Glossary
- Notes
- References
- Index
