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Touristic forms of life in Nepal
Sharon J. Hepburn
Trent University, Canada
Received 18 February 1999; revised 21 January 2000 and 31 July 2000; accepted 16 February 2001 Refereed anonymously. Coordinating Editor: Trevor Sofield. Available online 4 July 2002.
Abstract
For many Nepalis the word "tourist" signifies not simply a traveler, but a kind of person––white, "developed"––as a racial/ethnic/caste/species designation within an idiom of personhood common throughout South Asia. This paper illustrates how Nepalis in the Kathmandu Valley diversely talk about and categorize tourists in relation to other categories of person. It also illustrates how Nepalis differentiate––in their own terms––between the different kinds of foreigners who visit their country. Based on this ethnographic data, this paper elaborates on the ideas of Wittgenstein and Winch and argues that tourism must be understood in terms of a range of touristic "forms of life" that encompass local cultural meanings.
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Touristic forms of life in Nepal
Sharon J. Hepburn
Trent University, Canada
Received 18 February 1999; revised 21 January 2000 and 31 July 2000; accepted 16 February 2001 Refereed anonymously. Coordinating Editor: Trevor Sofield. Available online 4 July 2002.
Abstract
For many Nepalis the word "tourist" signifies not simply a traveler, but a kind of person––white, "developed"––as a racial/ethnic/caste/species designation within an idiom of personhood common throughout South Asia. This paper illustrates how Nepalis in the Kathmandu Valley diversely talk about and categorize tourists in relation to other categories of person. It also illustrates how Nepalis differentiate––in their own terms––between the different kinds of foreigners who visit their country. Based on this ethnographic data, this paper elaborates on the ideas of Wittgenstein and Winch and argues that tourism must be understood in terms of a range of touristic "forms of life" that encompass local cultural meanings.