For Love and Money: Romance Tourism in Jamaica (Essay Sample)
Separate the reading and the TED talk, write in two parts. Each part at least 150 words count. total word count at least 300.
reading write at least 150 words,
video write at least 150 words.
Video post with the link
Write separately, do not mix the reading analysis with the video analysis
Reading : (see attached file)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy8yLaoWybk&list=PLen0g71Mmw9T1GmShC377IBV6qF2fiqu2
Each reading and TED talk need to answer these questions:
1.What is the main point or central argument of this article? What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?
2.What evidence does the author present to support her main point/central argument?
3.Are you convinced by the author’s argument? Why? Why not? What evidence, if any, is missing?
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For Love and Money: Romance Tourism in Jamaica analysis
In their publication, Pruitt & Lafont (1995) argue that a lot of Euro-American women tourists, seeking to challenge the limitations of traditional gender identity, travel to Jamaica in pursuit of romance with indigenous men. In contrast, through exaggeration of the aspects of their gender competencies, the local men convey the women tourists' glorification of indigenous customs and virility. In doing so, the men alter their personality to entice the women and harness the tourism trade. Pruitt & Lafont cite the "The Rasta Appeal" as one example of this alteration of identity
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