Abjection and its correction in ethnographic studies

"This work explores the problematic nature of ethnographic research in regard to power differentials experienced by ethnographers and researched communities. The case study location is Isla Mujeres, Mexico, a small island located off the Yucatan coast." "The study focuses specifically on the ongoing creation of the identity of the island as a home and as a site of tourism, as communicated through promotional texts and personal interaction between tourists and islanders. The book takes into account the ways in which the presence of the researcher and the goals and methods of the research both mediate and participate in the modification of the tourism-based economy as well as the social milieu of the research communities."--BOOK JACKET.