Post-Conflict Heritage, Postcolonial Tourism - Tourism, Politics and Development At Angkor

Informationen zum Autor Tim Winter is based at the University of Sydney researching heritage and tourism in Asia. Having published widely on Angkor, he is editor of Expressions of Cambodia: the politics of tradition, identity and change (Routledge 2006), and Asia on Tour: exploring the rise of Asian Tourism , (Routledge, 2008). He is also editor of the ICOMOS journal Historic Environment. Klappentext Weaving together a political analysis of heritage policies with an understanding of tourism as a series of intersecting cultural economies, this book explores a decade of world heritage and tourism in Angkor. Zusammenfassung Weaving together a political analysis of heritage policies with an understanding of tourism as a series of intersecting cultural economies, this book explores a decade of world heritage and tourism in Angkor. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. From a Time of Conflict to Conflicting Times 2. ‘Lost Civilization’ to Free-Market Commerce: the Modern Social Life of Angkor 3. World Heritage Angkor 4. Remapping Angkor; from Landscape to Touristscape(s) 5. Angkor in the Frame 6. Collapsing Policies and Ruined Dreams 7. Conclusion - In (the) Place of Modernity Appears the Illusion of History

Product details

• Authors: Tim Winter, Tim (Alfred Deakin Research Institute Winter, Tim (University of Western Australia) Winter, Winter Tim
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2011
• EAN: 9780415689588
• ISBN: 978-0-415-68958-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations; Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)