Tourism and Modernity in China

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-138-86305-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 409 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

This book explores how the experience of modernization is revealed in China's newly constructed tourist landscapes. It argues that in China's burgeoning ethnic tourist villages and theme parks can be seen all the contradictions, debasement, and liberating potentials of Chinese modernity. Tim Oakes uses the province of Guizhou to examine the Chinese tourist industry as an example of the state's modernization policies and how local people have engaged with these changes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oakes, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Tourismus & Reise: Ökonomie, Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures List of Tables Glossary Preface Introduction 1. Tourism and Modernity 2. Place and Process in the Tourist Political Economy 3. Colonizing a barren and profitless place 4. False Modern Triumphant: Tourism and Cultural Development in Guizhou 5. Reclaiming the Tourist Landscape 6. Conclusion Notes Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Tim Oakes is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.