Cultural Tourism in the Pacific

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As intensifying global communication and transpor tation systems undermine the autonomy and par ticularity of wor ld cultures, ‘‘culture’’ itself has paradoxically emerged as a dominant way of representing thedistinctive identities of individuals and groups. At the same instant that the wor ld system fragments thelocalism on which cultures once grew, it hardens and hyper -values whatever cultural differences remain.Incr eased concern about identity, and how this is to be delineated, animates growing inter est in ‘‘cultur altourism’’ (also called indigenous or ethnic tour ism). Many Pacific states hope to profit from larger numbers of tourists, but cultural tourism affords both oppor tunities and danger s. The wider tour istic marketplacesets the exchange value of local cultur es. In the Pacific, these ar e most frequently packaged aseither savage or noble pr imitivism. Moreover , tourism may reinforce or challenge local power structures,and lead to disputes within host communities. Cultural tour ism promotes a doubled identity as people’sgaze turns back on themselves as a tour ist spectacle. Doubled identity, however, is a pervasive aspect oflate modernity and cultural tourism is its symptom and not its cause.
鹿児島大学,Kagoshima Universityの論文