Date of Award
Spring 2012
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Foreign Languages
First Thesis Reader
Carmen Sanjuán-Pastor
Second Thesis Reader
Fazia Aitel
Third Thesis Reader
César G. López
Rights Information
© 2012 Michelle Diana Gloster
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Abstract
This thesis examines the commercialization of ethnic tourism in Guatemala and Morocco in a postcolonial world. Addressing notions of authenticity, Western expectations of the ethnic tourism experience, and colonial portrayals of the Mayas and the Berbers, the thesis argues that the Guatemalan and Moroccan governments reduce their indigenous populations to ‘authentic’ living museums in their touristic promotions targeting Western tourists. Catering to Western tourists’ expectations, the Guatemalan and Moroccan governments perpetuate the stereotypes of their indigenous populations that were established during colonialism. Despite Guatemalan and Moroccan cultural repression of the Maya and the Berber populations, respectively, the governments exploit their indigenous populations for touristic purposes.
Recommended Citation
Gloster, Michelle Diana, "La Comercialización del Turismo Étnico en Guatemala y Marruecos" (2012). Scripps Senior Theses. Paper 74.
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/74