NGOs, gender and indigenous grassroots development

Janet Henshall Momsen
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Janet Henshall Momsen: Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis, USA, Postal: Department of Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis, USA

Journal of International Development, 2002, vol. 14, issue 6, 859-867

Abstract: This paper looks at two very similar efforts by indigenous communities to develop a tourist attraction based on their own culture and to market it in two very different environments: California and Mexico. Both groups have been displaced from their traditional areas, are being advised by a woman consultant and are expecting women community members to provide cultural performances and crafts for sale to visitors. Unlike the NGOs involved, the communities see this tourism activity as a reclamation and reaffirmation of a culture that has been almost lost, rather than as an exercise in local economic development. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.930

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