An Afternoon with the Authentic Maasai Mara. Tourism, Authenticity, and How to Avoid a Bottomless Pit
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https://doi.org/10.25145/j.pasos.2011.09.022Keywords:
tourism, authenticity, value, symbolic capital, MaasaiAbstract
“Authenticity” is a key concept in touristic affaires, and recently it is being attended by spe- cialized journals. This text tries to avoid an overly metaphysical and essentialist approach to authenti- city, and it suggests instead of that, analyzing in terms of social practices and productions. It follows an interactive agency model in a social range, wherein people try their symbolic capital to become effective. With this aim, the article envolves ethnographical materials collected on Maasai Mara Na- tional Reserve (Kenya). The article doesn’t tend to offer a definite conclusion to this mattern, but to open more proper ways to the social sciences.
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