Naidu, Uma Maheshvari.2013-11-122013-11-1220092009Naidu, M. 2009. ‘Topless’ tradition for tourists: Young Zulu girls in tourism. Agenda, 23(79) 38-48.1013-0950http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9975http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2009.9676222This study works through the ethnographic narratives of two young girls who perform in a tourist cultural village, and probes how certain cultural constructions of ‘Zulu girl’ or maiden are enacted in the context of cultural tourism. The article demonstrates that the girls live with a certain level of cultural discordance between their own experiences as young Zulu-speaking girls and how they are positioned in tourism consumption as 'Zulu maidens'. The study situates the narratives of the two performers, Zodwa and Pumi [pseudonyms] alongside the perceptions of a group of Zulu-speaking girls as an outside audience and how they see the dancers.enCulture and tourism.Women--Zulu--Folklore.Zulu (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.Cultural tourism.Performers.Peer reviewed journal article