Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land - Power and Inequality in Rural Ethnic China

Informationen zum Autor Xianghong Feng (¿¿¿) is associate professor of anthropology at Eastern Michigan University. Klappentext In Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land, Xianghong Feng focuses on the intersection of tourism, power, and inequality in the southern interior of China. In this region, capital-intensive and elite-directed tourism has reshaped the social and cultural patterns of the ethnic Miao and other local residents. Using ethnographic fieldwork conducted over the course of a decade, Feng examines the cultural reconstructions of space, ethnicity, gender, and morality within changing power structures. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, Asian studies, and tourism studies.For more information, check out A Conversation with Xianghong Feng. Zusammenfassung In this book! Xianghong Feng focuses on the intersection of tourism! power! and inequality in the southern interior of China. In this region! capital-intensive and elite-directed tourism has disrupted the social and cultural patterns of the ethnic Miao and other local residents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Tourism's "Great Leap Forward"Chapter 1 The Place: The Mountain, The River, The PeopleChapter 2 "Scaling Up": The McDonaldizing Village ToursPart II: Living with TourismChapter 3 Spatial Transformations: Constructing Tourism SitesChapter 4 From Tourism Marketplace to Village Homes: Gendered Work among the Local MiaoChapter 5 Prosperity for Whom?: Tourism and the Poverty of ResourcesPart III: One VillageChapter 6 Before and After the Merger: Everyday Resistance in Village LifeChapter 7 Competition and (In)equality: The Rise and Fall of Village Family RestaurantsConclusion "Small" as a Solution

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Xianghong Feng
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781498509954
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0995-4
• Pagine: 210
• Serie: Anthropology of Tourism: Herit; The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society; The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society; Anthropology of Tourism: Herit
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Rural communities, Social & cultural anthropology, Politics & government, Economics;Gender;Rural China;Tourism