CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter One Cultural Tourism in Latin America: An Introduction (Michiel Baud and Annelou Ypeij) -- PART ONE CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES -- Chapter Two Tourism, Folklore and the Emergence of Regional and National Identities (Zoila S. Mendoza) -- Chapter Three The 'Three Roots' of Panama's Cultural Heritage: The Construction of Racial and National Identities in Theme Parks (Carla Guerrón Montero) -- Chapter Four Through the Othering Gaze: Yucatecan Trova Music and 'the Tourist' in Yucatán, Mexico (Gabriela Vargas-Cetina) -- Chapter Five 'A Symbol of Wisdom and Love'? Countercultural Tourism and the Multiple Faces of María Sabina in Huautla, Oaxaca (Ben Feinberg) -- PART TWO LOCAL LIVELIHOODS AND TOURIST ENCOUNTERS -- Chapter Six Sacamefotos and Tejedoras: Frontstage Performance and Backstage Meaning in a Peruvian Context (Beatrice Simon) -- Chapter Seven Tourism, the State and the Marketing of Traditional Andean Artesanías: Problematic Encounters, Pitfalls, and Competing Interests (Lynn A. Meisch) -- Chapter Eight Dishing up the City: Tourism and Street Vendors in Cuzco (Griet Steel) -- Chapter Nine Caught Between Nature and Culture: Making a Living within the World Heritage Site of Machu Picchu, Peru (Keely B. Maxwell and Annelou Ypeij) -- PART THREE POLITICS OF HERITAGE TOURISM -- Chapter Ten Trivializing Culture, Social Confl ict and Heritage Tourism in Quito (Alan Middleton) -- Chapter Eleven Contesting Heritage in Antigua, Guatemala (Walter E. Little) -- Chapter Twelve Hacienda Hotels and Other Ironies of Luxury in Yucatán, Mexico (Lisa Breglia) -- Chapter Thirteen Heritage and Indigeneity: Transformations in the Politics of Tourism (Quetzil E. Castañeda) -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index.