Ecuador: Shamans And Shams: The Discursive Effects Of Ethnotourism In Ecuador

Ecuador: Shamans And Shams: The Discursive Effects Of Ethnotourism In Ecuador Veronica M. Davidov, 2010   New commodified forms of shamanism have emerged in Kichwa communities due to the influx of tourists interested in the indigenous cultures of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Shamanic rituals are popular because they map onto the tourists' fantasies of cultural alterity, but the resulting economic exchanges raise issues of legitimacy and authenticity: tourism privileges the performative aspects of...

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