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The politics of heritage tourism in China : a view from Lijiang / Xiaobo Su and Peggy Teo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Su, Xiaobo, author.
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary China series.
- Routledge contemporary China series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heritage tourism--China--Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian.
- Heritage tourism.
- Tourism--Government policy--China--Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian.
- Tourism.
- Culture and tourism--China--Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian.
- Culture and tourism.
- Human geography--China--Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian.
- Human geography.
- Landscape changes--China--Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian.
- Landscape changes.
- Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian (China)--Antiquities.
- Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian (China).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume unravels the politics surrounding behind China's hegemonic project of heritage tourism development in Lijiang. It provides a compelling study of the dialectical relationships between global and domestic capital, the state, tourists and locals as they collude, collaborate and contest one another to ready Lijiang for tourist consumption. Using rich material from insightful interviews and quantitative data, the authors show how complex tourism development can be even as it strives to do good for the community. Su and Teo investigate the practices of contestation and negoti
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; 1 Rethinking the politics of heritage tourism; 2 The cultural politics of tourism: Exploring the complexity of hegemony; 3 Locating Lijiang: Connections and process; 4 Producing heritage: Lijiang's immersion in global tourism; 5 Consuming heritage: Tourists' expectations and influence on Lijiang; 6 Landscapes of hegemony: Commodification and the socio-spatial transformation of Lijiang; 7 Local agency in heritage tourism; 8 Conclusion: Cultural politics of heritage tourism and beyond; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-25621-7
- 1-135-25622-5
- 1-282-25700-5
- 9786612257001
- 0-203-87368-8
- 9780203873687
- OCLC:
- 449187510
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