In this Book
- Practically Invisible: Coastal Ecuador, Tourism, and the Politics of Authenticity
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Vanderbilt University Press

Thus came a nearly inevitable shock, as the daily rhythms of life--rising before dawn to prepare for a long day of maintaining livestock and crops; returning for a late lunch and siesta; joining in a game of soccer followed by dinner in the evening--transformed forever in favor of a new tourist industry and the compromises required to support it. As Practically Invisible demonstrates, for Agua Blancans, becoming a supposedly "authentic" version of their own indigenous selves required performing their culture for outsiders, thus becoming these performances within the minds of these visitors. At the heart of this story, then, is a delicate balancing act between tradition and survival, a performance experienced by countless indigenous groups.
Table of Contents

- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Discourse: fixity
- Practice: fluidity
- 4. The Fluidity of Everyday Indigeneity
- pp. 130-146
- Dispositions: fear
- 5. Ambivalent Attitudes toward Globalization
- pp. 149-191
- Interpracticality: displacing fear
- Conclusion: Invisible, Inc.
- pp. 209-220
- References
- pp. 233-244