Equestrian culture and heritage in Brazil: untapped potential for a tourism that favours local development? São Luiz do Purunã as a case study
Abstrak
Brazil is one of the world’s “horse giants”, home to the world’s fourth largest equine population, and to a popular equestrian culture that has yet to be duly recognized as heritage. This culture, emerging from its historic link to cattle ranching and agriculture, is also reshaped by currently expanding sport and leisure uses of the horse. With a focus on the needs and predicaments of rural communities in which horses are an important symbolic and cultural resource – perhaps more than an economic one – I provide a description and discussion of my ethnographic research within the village of São Luiz do Purunã, located in a region of environmental protection in southern Brazil. As a case study that examines the different social actors involved in turistification processes, my research contributes to debates on the patrimonialisation of traditional equestrian culture, its promise and its contradictions.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
Miriam Adelman
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2020
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.4000/tourisme.3161
- Akses
- Open Access ✓