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Artists' positioning in and creating authentic identities through place and tourism in New Orleans's Jackson Square

Artists' positioning in and creating authentic identities through place and tourism in New... In this paper, I explore how artist identities are constructed in relation to processes associated with tourism and a tourist site in New Orleans. My analysis draws from literatures concerning art, tourism art, and artist identities as well as from Goffman's work on identity, particularly in relation to impression management through setting, appearances, and manners in front and back regions. Relying on archival and ethnographic data, I show how facets of the ‘venerated artist’ social identity, tourism, and a nostalgic historical geography have privileged the place of artists in Jackson Square's Pedestrian Mall and supported the construction of authentic personal and felt artist identities. However, in these same ways, potentially progressive cultural practices associated with art, place, and identities are foreclosed, creating a variety of exclusionary issues. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change Taylor & Francis

Artists' positioning in and creating authentic identities through place and tourism in New Orleans's Jackson Square

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change , Volume 12 (1): 18 – Jan 2, 2014
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2014 Taylor & Francis
ISSN
1747-7654
eISSN
1476-6825
DOI
10.1080/14766825.2013.869228
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Abstract

In this paper, I explore how artist identities are constructed in relation to processes associated with tourism and a tourist site in New Orleans. My analysis draws from literatures concerning art, tourism art, and artist identities as well as from Goffman's work on identity, particularly in relation to impression management through setting, appearances, and manners in front and back regions. Relying on archival and ethnographic data, I show how facets of the ‘venerated artist’ social identity, tourism, and a nostalgic historical geography have privileged the place of artists in Jackson Square's Pedestrian Mall and supported the construction of authentic personal and felt artist identities. However, in these same ways, potentially progressive cultural practices associated with art, place, and identities are foreclosed, creating a variety of exclusionary issues.

Journal

Journal of Tourism and Cultural ChangeTaylor & Francis

Published: Jan 2, 2014

Keywords: artist identity; authenticity; tourism art; New Orleans; place; Goffman

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