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See No Evil, Hear No Evil: An "Outsider's" Encounter with Cultural Tourism in South Africa

University of Natal

This article reflects on the author's cultural tourism experiences in South Africa in an attempt to contribute to debates concerning the academic's relationship to the tourist. Drawing on the contributions of anthropologists that have dealt with the subject before, the article takes a more general approach to add to the discussion. Goffman's notion of the outsider, as developed by MacCannell, is extended as a possible explanation of the traits shared by academics who study cultural tourism and the tourists who visit cultural tourism sites. In doing so, the article expands on distinctions and similarities already covered in the literature and adds a different perspective to the notion that the respective gazes of academics and tourists might share certain qualities.

Key Words: cultural tourism • tourist • gaze • outsider • Zulu • South Africa

Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies, Vol. 3, No. 4, 486-502 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1532708603253578


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