Abstract
Motivated by representations in popular culture, millions of tourists travel to
Xishuangbanna in Southwest China to consume a place of an imagined exotic past. The study investigates the changes in the capital city Jing Hong and Dai Ethnic Park under the influence of tourism. It argues that despite of the rapid changes of the place, there is the close connection between the culture favoured and produced by the local people and the material transformations of the place. Different social actors will make meaning of this fantasized place rather than discover it as a fixed entity.
Xishuangbanna in Southwest China to consume a place of an imagined exotic past. The study investigates the changes in the capital city Jing Hong and Dai Ethnic Park under the influence of tourism. It argues that despite of the rapid changes of the place, there is the close connection between the culture favoured and produced by the local people and the material transformations of the place. Different social actors will make meaning of this fantasized place rather than discover it as a fixed entity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 23-36 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review |
Volume | 228 |
Publication status | Published - 20 Dec 2011 |
Event | International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments: Regeneration, Renewal and Planning, Traditional Dwellings and Settlement - American University of Beirut , Beirut, Lebanon Duration: 15 Dec 2011 → 18 Dec 2011 |