Living in heritage : tulou as vernacular architecture, global asset, and tourist destination in contemporary China / Lijun Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Lijun (Folklorist), author.

Series:

Material vernaculars (Series)

Material vernaculars

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heritage tourism--China--Yongding Xian.

Heritage tourism.

Hakka (Chinese people).

Tulou (Hakka architecture).

Yongding Xian (China)--Social life and customs.

Yongding Xian (China).

Physical Description:

ix, 172 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Yongding County in southeast China is famous for its large multi-story communal vernacular buildings known as tulou. Translated to 'rammed earth building,' these structures were designated as a UNESCO Cultural Heritage site in 2008. Focusing on the Yongding Hakka Tulou Folk Culture Village, part of Hongkeng Village, author Lijun Zhang examines the on-the-ground processes and impacts of heritage-making, UNESCO-inspired tourism, and how locals negotiate the dramatic transformation of their daily, social, and economic life brought by the heritage-making at this UNESCO site"-- Provided by publisher.

"Yongding County in southeast China is famous for its large, multistory communal vernacular buildings known as tulou, translated 'rammed earth building.' These structures were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008. Living in Heritage introduces readers outside of China to this classic example of local Chinese architecture in the context of contemporary heritage preservation and tourism. Focusing on the Yongding Hakka Tulou Folk Culture Village, which is part of Hongkeng Village, author Lijun Zhang examines the on-the-ground processes and effects of heritage-making, UNESCO-inspired tourism, and how locals negotiate the dramatic transformation of their daily, social, and economic lives. Within an age of cultural change beginning at the start of the 21st century, Living in Heritage explores how the tulou phenomenon as heritage has and continues to be transformed into cultural, economic, or political capital. Through her careful study, Zhang reveals how the blurring of formerly distinct domains-private and public, local and global-gives rise to a living museum that now relies on insiders and outsiders to preserve their way of life.Living in Heritage offers an in-depth ethnographic account of the people dwelling and working within traditional tulou architecture in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Localness in the time of great transformation

Tulou as vernacular architecture

Tulou as home and lived experience

World Heritage nomination and the institutionalization of Tulou

Everyday engagement with heritage process and tourism activities

Tulou as new resource and power leverage

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Zhang, Lijun (Folklorist). Living in heritage

ISBN:

9780253070968

0253070961

9780253070975

025307097X

OCLC:

1408649195

Publisher Number:

90104313954