文化的商品化:玛雅的文化旅游外文文献翻译.docx
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文献出处:
LaurieKroshus."Commoditizingculture:
TourismandMayaidentity."Annalsoftourismresearch30.2(2003):
353-368.
原文
Commoditizingculture:
TourismandMayaIdentity
LaurieMedina
Abstract
ThisethnographicstudyexaminedhowthecommoditizationofculturefortourismaffectedtraditionalpracticesinaformerlyMayavillageadjacenttothemost-visitedMayanruinsinBelize.Thoughthemajorityofvillagershadabandonedthisindigenousidentity,theyrespondedtothetourismdemandforrepresentationsofanessentializedMayanculturebyutilizingnewchannelstoaccesstraditionstheycouldnolongerlearnthrougholdways:
theyturnedtothepublicationsofarchaeologistsandepigrapherswhostudytheancientMaya.Asvillagersdevelopedexpertiseintheculturaltraditionsoftheirancestors,theyremainedambivalentaboutwhetherornottheirunconventionalacquisitionofthisknowledgeprovidedsufficientbasisforreclaimingMayaidentities.
Keywords:
culture;commoditization;identity;Maya;Belize
INTRODUCTION
Oneschoolofthoughtintourismstudieshasarguedthatthecommoditizationofcultureforconsumptionrenderstheresultingpracticesinauthentic.Thispositiondistinguishesbetweentraditionswhichpersistinrelativeisolationfrommarketforces,
andpracticeselaboratedspecificallyforthetourismmarket.Againstthisperspective,otherscholarshaveassertedthatsuchtransactionsbetweentouristsand“tourees”generatenewculturalconfigurationswhicharebothmeaningfulandauthentictotheirparticipants.Advocatesofthisargumentrejectboththedistinctiondrawnbythefirstgroupofscholarsbetweenmoreandlessauthenticculturalformsandthenotionsofcultureandauthenticityonwhichthatdistinctionrests.Thesecondschoolofthoughtinsteadportrayscultureasdynamicandemergent.Thispaperintroducesathirdalternativeinthisdebate:
thecommoditizationofculturefortourismmayinvolvetheutilizationofnewchannelstoaccessculturaltraditionsofgreatantiquity.PosingthispossibilityforaformerlyMayavillageinwesternBelize,thispaperengagestwosetsofdebatesinthesocialsciences:
itexploreshowthedebateintourismstudiessketchedaboveintersectswithcontemporaryonesinthefieldofMayastudies,where“constructivists”castMayacultureasa(relativelyrecent)socialconstruction,while“essentialists”defineitintermsofcontinuitiesthathavepersistedacrosscenturiesfrompre-colonialtimesintothepresent.
Earlystudiessuggestedthattouristiccommoditization—theofferingofculturalproductsandpracticesformoney—resultsintheemergenceofaculturedistinctfromthetraditionalpracticeof“tourees”andlessauthenticbyvirtueofbeingboth“staged”andacommodity.MacCannell(1976)suggeststhattouristsarelargelymotivatedbya“questforauthenticity,”whichisfundamentallyasearchforculturaldifference.Touristsinterpretsuchdifferenceasanindicatoroflesscontaminationbycontemporarycapitalismandthusgreaterauthenticityinrelationsamongpeopleand
betweenpeopleandnature.However,MacCannellassertsthattourees—thehostpopulationconfrontedwiththearrivaloftouristsintheirmidst—protectandinsulatetheirculturebydividingtheirlivesinto“backstage”areas,wheretheycontinuemeaningfultraditionsawayfromthegazeoftourists,and“frontstage”areas,wheretheyperformalimitedrangeofactivitiesforatouristaudience.Thismakesavailableportionsofhostcultureforguestconsumption,whileitprotectsotherpartsfromcommoditization.Suchanargumentassumesthattouristicculturalperformance,whichMacCannellcalls“stagedauthenticity,”islessauthenticthanpracticesnotperformedfortouristsorforcash.Greenwood(1977)alsoengagesthisassumptionbyassertingthatcommoditizationchangesthemeaningofculturalproductsandpracticestosuchadegreethattheyeventuallybecomemeaninglessfortheirproducers.Theconclusiondrawnisthatthe“stagedauthenticity”ofcommoditizedcultureisnotauthenticatall.Ryan(1996),focusingawayfromconcernswithauthenticity,suggeststhata“touristculture”distinctfromtheeverydayculturesofeithertouristsortoureesemergesfromtheirinter-(ortrans-)actions;however,hebuildsonthesameassumptionthattourismleadstotheemergenceofaculturedifferentfromtheoriginaloneofthetourees.
TOURISM,CULTUREANDIDENTITY
Ifthereweresuchathingasa“typicalMayavillage”‟SanJoseSuccotzwouldcertainlynotbeit.Avillageofsome1,400peopleinwesternBelize,Succotzislinkedto“Mayaness”intwoways:
throughproximitytotheruinsofanancientMayacitythathasbecomeapopulartourismattraction;andthroughtheancestry,culture,and
identitiesofitscontemporaryresidents.Iftheformerconnectionprovidesanimportantsourceofincomefor
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