Music Tourism in New Orleans and Bali: A Comparative Study of Cultural Tourism Development.

摘要

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans continues to face the difficult task of rebuilding its tourism base---an industry constructed around its "holy trinity": local food, culture, and music. As a city banking on this cultural trifecta, with music at its forefront, New Orleans' commodified culture in a post-Katrina environment begs for further exploration. Similarly, the terrorist bombings in Bali shocked the island's inhabitants and visitors alike---clashing with the prevailing view of the island as a peaceful haven from the turmoil of the Western world. Long viewed as the "Island of the Gods," a veritable island paradise, Bali quickly transitioned into a contested terrorist space. Here, the island's reliance on cultural tourism has faced a difficult recovery in light of what has been termed Bali's "Twin Towers" by the media.;This dissertation investigates the place of local music in the process of tourism recovery in post-disaster economies; my two major case studies are post-Katrina New Orleans, Louisiana and Bali, Indonesia after the 2002 and 2005 bombings. Through my two case studies I seek to compare: the role music has played in the development of tourism, the historical development of tourism in each location, how tourism commodifies culture and creates "authenticity," the way in which youth culture and music collide in tourism locales, how man-made disasters impact tourism and tourist locations, and post-disaster tourism economies. This dependence upon commodified culture provides the necessary theoretical framework to address music tourism in recovery situations. I approach the commodification of culture in New Orleans and Bali as a means of reestablishing each city's economy in light of their diverse disasters and the impact they each had upon the tourism industry. My research aims to address how music tourism has shaped, and will continue to shape, the rebuilding of New Orleans and Bali as marketable, and bankable, tourism locales. The shared reliance on cultural and music tourism in Bali and New Orleans provides a backdrop for this comparative study as I focus on the consequences of a post-disaster economy.