Tourism, Ethnicity, and the State in Asian and Pacific Societies 9780824865252

The expansion of international tourism is changing the relationship between ethnic groups and states around the globe. Y

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English Pages 272 [271] Year 1997

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
1. Tourism and the State: Ethnic Options and Constructions of Otherness
2. Ethnic Tourism in Rural Guizhou: Sense of Place and the Commerce of Authenticity
3. Commodifying Ethnicity: State and Ethnic Tourism in Singapore
4. Culturalizing Malaysia: Globalism, Tourism, Heritage, and the City in Georgetown
5. A Portrait of Cultural Resistance: The Confinement of Tourism in a Hmong Village in Thailand
6. Touting Touristic “Primadonas”: Tourism, Ethnicity, and National Integration in Sulawesi, Indonesia
7. Cultural Tourism, Nation-Building, and Regional Culture: The Making of a Balinese Identity
8. Consuming Cultures: Tourism and the Commoditization of Cultural Identity in the Island Pacific
Contributors
Index

Tourism, Ethnicity, and the State in Asian and Pacific Societies
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