Peter McLaren, Miami University, Oxford
"This is a brilliant book. MacCannell unmasks the political face of terror too often occluded by scholars working within contemporary strands of cultural criticism . . . Rich, accessible and important."
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Book Description
Empty Meeting Grounds examines the new cultural forms and community patterns accompanying the development of global tourism. More specifically, MacCannell discusses the effects of new forms of tourism such as the Highland Thai trekking tours of primitive villages as well as the New Guinea cannibal tours. He points to the irony in these developments noting that peoples formerly labeled as ``primitive'' are, thanks to this burgeoning industry, moving from their once peripheral position to Western centers of wealth and power.
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