"Published in Europe by NIAS Press Nordic Institute of Asian Studies"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Heritage tourism in Southeast Asia / Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael J.G. Parnwell -- Courting and consorting with the global : the local politics of an emerging World Heritage site in Sulawesi, Indonesia / Kathleen M. Adams -- The reconstruction of Atayal identity in Wulai, Taiwan / Mami Yoshimura and Geoffrey Wall -- Outdoor ethnographic museums, tourism and nation building in Southeast Asia / Michael Hitchcock and Nick Stanley -- Histories, tourism and museums : re-making Singapore / Can-Seng Ooi -- World Heritage sites in Southeast Asia : Angkor and beyond / Keiko Miura -- National identity and heritage tourism in Melaka / Nigel Worden -- Interpreters of space, place and cultural practice : processes of change through tourism, conservation, and development in George Town, Penang, Malaysia / Gwynn Jenkins -- Aspiring to the 'tourist gaze' : selling the past, longing for the future at the World Heritage Site of Hue, Vietnam / Mark Johnson -- Vietnam's heritage attractions in transition / Wantanee Suntikul, Richard Butler and David Airey -- Handicraft heritage and development in Hai Duong, Vietnam / Michael Hitchcock, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong and Simone Wesner -- Tourism and natural heritage management in Vietnam and Thailand / Michael J.G. Parnwell -- Heritage futures / Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael J.G. Parnwell.
Summary:
"This book examines heritage tourism across the Southeast Asian region from different disciplinary perspectives. With material that is new and topical, it makes an important contribution to the fields of tourism studies, cultural studies, development and planning studies, and beyond. Set against a backdrop of the demands, motivations and impacts of heritage tourism, the volume focuses on disputes and conflicts over what heritage is, what it means, and how it has been presented, re-presented, developed and protected. It examines the actors involved in encounters and contestation, drawing in issues of identity construction and negotiation, and requiring the contextualization of heritage in national and global processes of identity formation and transformation. Among the questions touched upon are the ownership of heritage, its appropriate use, access to it versus conservation needs, heritage as a commodity, as entertainment and as an educational medium."--Publisher.
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