Theming Asia: Culture, Nature and Heritage in a Transforming Environment

ISBN-13: 9781138298804 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 164 str.

Maribeth Erb; Chin Ee Ong

Opis

This book draws on cases from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Singapore, and details how the proliferation of theming in places of consumption, education, entertainment and everyday life has shaped the social and spatial terrains of modern-day Asia. It was originally published as a special issue of Tourism Geographies.

Spis treści

1. Theming Asia: culture, nature and heritage in a transforming environment   2. The Big Buddha of Hong Kong: an accidental Buddhist theme park   3.‘Cuteifying’ spaces and staging marine animals for Chinese middle-class consumption  4. Between universal spaces and unique places: heritage in Universal Studios Singapore  5. Simulacra and simulation: double simulation at a North Song Dynasty theme park  6. Informal heritage-making at the Sarawak Cultural Village, East Malaysia   7. Residents’ attitudes toward ethnic neighborhood tourism (ENT): perspectives of ethnicity and empowerment   8.Performance and visitors’ perception of authenticity in ecocultural tourism

O autorze

Maribeth Erb is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore and does research on tourism, politics and the environment in eastern Indonesia. Chin-Ee Ong is a Lecturer of Human Geography at National University of Singapore and does research on power, heritage and tourism in China, Macau, the Netherlands and Singapore.