Date of Award
Spring 5-20-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Architecture
First Advisor
Ned Blackhawk
Abstract
Domestic Exotic, considers the conditions that led to the rise of cultural tourism in Florida and examines Yale University’s involvement in this economic phenomenon. Cultural tourism is defined as site-seeing attractions where performers interact with visitors under fabricated conditions. At these sites, ‘the spectacle of the other’ was demarcated onto specific bodies, creating a collective imaginary that helped to shape the infrastructure and public thought of Florida as a travel destination for Euro-American audiences. This document supports an exhibition at the Yale Peabody Museum titled, The Resonance of Things Unseen: Indigenous Sovereignty, Institutional Accession, and Private Correspondence (March 26 - November 1, 2024).
Recommended Citation
Nelms, Emily, "Domestic Exotic: Dispossession and Desire in South Florida 20th c Tourism" (2024). Masters of Environmental Design Theses. 10.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/envdesign/10
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Comments
This is artist text, consists of
two grounding archival figures,
a writing on anthropologist William Sturtevant,
and imaging from a current exhibition at Yale Peabody Museum.