ISSN:
1476-6825
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of tourism and cultural change : JTCC
Publ. der Quelle:
Clevedon : Multilingual Matters & Channel View Publications
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 13, No. 1 (2015), p. 1-21
DDC:
380
Abstract:
Because of distinctive political, economic, and historic circumstances, Grenada has not followed the traditional approach of most Caribbean destinations constructed as generic paradisiacal landscapes and seductive spaces. In this article, I examine Grenada's particular path to tourism, focusing primarily on cultural and historical heritage tourism on Grenada's Carriacou Island and, secondarily, on the resulting regional identities that developed. I argue that Carriacouans use tourism to construct and represent their racial and ethnic identities for tourist consumption; at the same time, through it they create, recreate and invigorate what they perceive as their exclusive cultural heritage, in contrast with Grenada and other islands in the Grenadines. I conclude that three main aspects of Kayak history allow for fluid constructions of identities: the Kayak cosmopolitan experience, the tightly knit community practices and value given to Carriacou's history and culture, and the cultural capital Kayaks possess through maintaining cultural practices long gone in the rest of the Caribbean. As a result, both ambivalence about what tourism can mean for the tranquil lifestyle and strong Afro-Antillean cultural practice, and the firm conviction that Kayak's culture will not 'suffer' or be diminished resulting from tourism development, coexist.
Note:
Copyright: © 2014 Taylor & Francis 2014
DOI:
10.1080/14766825.2013.877473
URL:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14766825.2013.877473
URL:
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1704740099
