Landscape of Travel - The Work of Tourism in Rural Ethnic China

Informationen zum Autor Jenny Chio is assistant professor of anthropology and associated faculty in film and media studies at Emory University. "A Landscape of Travel" is about China becoming a nation that travels! and one way of traveling is to be a tourist.... Tourism is of course only one mode through which China's mobility expresses itself! and we must remember that most villages have no tourists at all. But if we want to understand why tourists see and experience what they do... and how this reflects China as a nation that travels! [this book] is both delightful and essential. Klappentext Jenny Chio is assistant professor of anthropology and associated faculty in film and media studies at Emory University. Zusammenfassung While the number of domestic leisure travelers has increased dramatically in reform-era China, the persistent gap between urban and rural living standards attests to ongoing social, and political inequalities. This book investigates the contested meanings and unintended consequences of tourism for those people whose lives and livelihoods.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jenny Chio, Jenny T. Chio
• Editore: University Of Washington Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2014
• EAN: 9780295993652
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99365-2
• Pagine: 304
• Serie: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China; Studies on Ethnic Groups in Ch; Studies on Ethnic Groups in China; Studies on Ethnic Groups in Ch; Studies on Ethnic Groups in ChinaStudies on Ethnic Groups in ChinaStudies on Ethnic Groups in ChinaStudies on Ethnic Groups in ChinaStudies on Ethnic Groups in ChinaA Landscape of Travel
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia