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The making of heritage : seduction and disenchantment / edited by Camila del Marmol, Marc Morell, and Jasper Chalcraft.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in heritage ; 8.
- Routledge Studies in Heritage ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historic preservation--Social aspects.
- Historic preservation.
- Historic preservation--Case studies.
- Historic sites--Conservation and restoration.
- Historic sites.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume explores the process of heritage making and its relation to the production of touristic places, examining several case studies around the world. Most existing literature on heritage and tourism centers either on its managerial aspects, the tourist experience, or issues related to inequality and identity politics. This volume instead establishes theoretical links between analyses of heritage and the production and reproduction of places in the context of the global tourist trade. The approach adopted here is to explore the production of heritage as a complex process shaped by local
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction: Of Seduction and Disenchantment: An Approach to the Heritage Process; 1 Metaculture and Its Malcontents: World Heritage in Southwestern Libya; 2 Buddhist Circuits and Worlding Practices in North India; 3 Seductions and Disenchantments in the Making of an Ecomuseum; 4 Imprisoning Ethnic Heritage in French Guiana: The Seduction of a Penal Colony; 5 Indigenous Crafts, Political Re-enchantment and the Rationale of Heritage Making in Costa Rica
- 6 Mexico for Sale: The Manipulation of Cultural Heritage for Tourism Purposes: The Case of the Xcaret Night Show7 Feeding Disenchantment: On the Heritage Intricacies of Cookery Books and the Olive Oil Festival in Malta; 8 Tourism Values and the Becoming Ordinary of Heritage; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781135013004
- 1135013004
- 9780815347019
- 0815347014
- 9780203751862
- 0203751868
- 9781135013011
- 1135013012
- OCLC:
- 958105024
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