| Description |
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Tourism and cultural change
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Tourism and cultural change.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Lo autentico aun existe; Chapter 1 Tourism and Ethnic Peoples; Chapter 2 Authenticity and Commodification; Chapter 3 Hainan Island and Folk Villages; Chapter 4 Governments; Chapter 5 Ethnic Minorities; Chapter 6 Tourists; Chapter 7 Tourism Businesses; Chapter 8 Equilibrium; Epilogue: Lo autentico aun existe (Reprise); References; Index. |
| Summary |
This book represents a shifting of emphasis away from the discourse of authenticity to the process of authenticating ethnic tourism. It focuses upon what authentication is, how it works, who is involved, and what the problems are in the process. By using the study of folk villages on Hainan Island, China, the book suggests that authenticity evolves from a static into a more dynamic concept, which can be formulated according to the different stages of development relating to all the stakeholders involved. Authentication is an interactive process in which a balance of forces defines a state of e. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tourism -- China -- Hainan Sheng.
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Culture and tourism -- China -- Hainan Sheng.
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Ethnic groups -- China -- Hainan Sheng.
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Hainan Sheng (China) -- Social life and customs.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism. |
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Culture and tourism |
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Ethnic groups |
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Manners and customs |
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Tourism |
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China -- Hainan Sheng https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRw9B7qkkxWpDKmxjX7B |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Xie, Philip Feifan. Authenticating ethnic tourism. Bristol, UK ; Buffalo, N.Y. : Channel View Publications, ©2011 9781845411589 (DLC) 2010026362 (OCoLC)643569931 |
| ISBN |
9781845411596 (electronic bk.) |
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1845411595 (electronic bk.) |
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9781845411589 |
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1845411587 |
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9781845411572 |
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1845411579 |
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