Seeds, blossoms and in bloom : explorations of identity and plurality of meanings in the growth of cultural tourism and the Aboriginal Heritage Gardens

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dc.contributor.advisor Barrett, Gene
dc.coverage.spatial New Brunswick
dc.creator Haché, Dorothy Ann
dc.date.accessioned 2011-05-09T12:32:18Z
dc.date.available 2011-05-09T12:32:18Z
dc.date.issued 1999
dc.identifier.other E99 M6 H33 1999
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/22558
dc.description iv, 140 leaves ; 28 cm.
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-140).
dc.description.abstract This thesis explores, through authorial voices, contents and meanings of an Aboriginal tourism initiative in Eel River Bar First Nation, New Brunswick. Such meanings are constructed and are intimately linked with endogenous cultural tourism development. Built on a syncretic approach that views notions of identity, self and culture as creative composites, this thesis moves beyond dualisms and dichotomizations that emphasize either oppositional or essential conceptions of identity. By investigating what the Aboriginal Heritage Gardens mean to the community of Eel River Bar First Nation, this thesis shows that our identity is informed by both core and relational elements and the meanings attached to the Gardens are multiple and varied. Symbols and signs, both past and present, indigenous or invented, are treated as important resources to exploring identity and the self. An exploration of these subjective meanings through a socio-economic development initiative is one way of establishing how the process of cultural construction and revitalization is taking place.
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dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcc E99.M6
dc.subject.lcsh Mi’kmaq people -- New Brunswick -- Eel River Bar
dc.subject.lcsh Heritage tourism -- New Brunswick
dc.subject.lcsh Tourism -- Social aspects -- New Brunswick
dc.subject.lcsh Aboriginal Heritage Gardens (N.B.)
dc.title Seeds, blossoms and in bloom : explorations of identity and plurality of meanings in the growth of cultural tourism and the Aboriginal Heritage Gardens
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thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in Atlantic Canada Studies
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline Atlantic Canada Studies Program
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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