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Questions of authenticity in the Bo-Kaap tourism experience.

This research report will attempt to show that, in an attempt to cater for tourist tastes
for the exotic, a Cape Malay identity has been constructed for the residents of the Bo-
Kaap community which is made to date back to the 17th Century. Two books from
popular tourist literature and three travel guides have been analysed. Furthermore, this
research report will demonstrate how the built environment of the city and its
surrounding areas can provide us with a much more nuanced narrative than the one
which is currently being presented to tourists.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/15177
Date13 August 2014
CreatorsGöpper, Janine
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatapplication/pdf, application/pdf

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