Displacing Desire: Travel and Popular Culture in China 9780824862190
Why do millions of people from around the world flock to Dali, a small borderland town in the Himalayan foothills of sou
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
A Note On Transcription
Measure Conversions From Chinese To American And Metric
Chapter 1. With The Sign Begins The Search
Chapter 2. Lonely Planeteers And A Transnational Authentic
Chapter 3. Five Golden Flowers Utopian Nostalgia And Local Longing
Chapter 4. Heavenly Dragons Commodifying A Fantastic Past
Chapter 5. Earthly Demons Displacing The Present
Chapter 6. Off And On The Road To Reform
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About The Author
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
A Note On Transcription
Measure Conversions From Chinese To American And Metric
Chapter 1. With The Sign Begins The Search
Chapter 2. Lonely Planeteers And A Transnational Authentic
Chapter 3. Five Golden Flowers Utopian Nostalgia And Local Longing
Chapter 4. Heavenly Dragons Commodifying A Fantastic Past
Chapter 5. Earthly Demons Displacing The Present
Chapter 6. Off And On The Road To Reform
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About The Author
- Author / Uploaded
- Beth E. Notar
