Mexico: Identity And Representation - The (Yucatec) Maya In The Visual Culture Of Tourism

Mexico: Identity And Representation - The (Yucatec) Maya In The Visual Culture Of Tourism   Maria Rogal, 2012   In this paper I explore the many ways the visual culture of tourism in the Yucatán and the Maya Riviera shapes our notions of ‘the Maya’ and, simultaneously, (re)writes a contemporary history for internal and external consumption. Analysis of visual materials collected over an eight-year period suggests the development of a common symbolic, and political visual/textual...

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