Quiz 9

Question 1

MacCannell’s approach

Answer 1

tourists are largely motivated by a “quest for authenticity,” which is fundamentally a search for cultural difference

Question 2

Greenwood’s approach

Answer 2

commoditization changes the meaning of cultural products and practices to such a degree that they eventually become meaningless for their producers

Question 3

Cohen’s approach

Answer 3

commoditization may actually preserve traditions by generating demand for or attributing value to them

Question 4

Emergent authenticity

Answer 4

products invented for the purpose of tourism may over time become incorporated into and perceived as manifestations of local culture

Question 5

Staged authenticity

Answer 5

less authentic than practices not performed for tourists or for cash

Question 6

Front stage and back stage life for residents

Answer 6

“backstage” areas, where they continue meaningful traditions away from the gaze of tourists, and “frontstage” areas, where they perform a limited range of activities for a tourist audience

Question 7

Essentialist perspective of Mayan culture

Answer 7

continuities that have persisted across centuries from pre-colonial times into the present.

Question 8

Constructivist perspective of Mayan culture

Answer 8

Maya culture as a (relatively recent) social construction

Question 9

Mestizo vs Mayan hierarchy

Answer 9

In colonialism mestizo outranked Mayan and that identity is embraced; then tourists visited for Mayan culture so now locals are embracing that

Question 10

How did Mayans re-learn their culture?

Answer 10

Classes taught by archaeologists, reading books from toursits