Western money for southern sympathy: how the Tuareg from Timia are instrumentalizing tourists to support their 'exotic' village.

Abstract

This chapter presents results from empirical research on the relations between the indigenous Tuareg of a little village in the Aïr Mountains in West Africa, and western tourists. The research casts new light on 'host-guest' relationships and raises questions about the application of western concepts of exoticism and exotic culture in studying economic and cultural dynamics between ethnotourism and indigenous culture.

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DOI

10.1079/9781845934255.0039

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