Provides an anthropological analysis of the encounter between local residents and tourists in the Trobriand Islands. In such a place, how are ideas about authenticity implicated in creating and representing the self and cultural Others in the context of cultural tourism? Michelle MacCarthy addresses this question by examining four arenas of interaction between Trobriand Islanders and tourists.

Michelle MacCarthy is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway.