Pál Nyíri

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Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural AuthorityHardcover, 14 March 2006

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Part of Series
China Program Books (Hardcover)
Print Length
152 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
14 Mar 2006
ISBN-10
0295985887
ISBN-13
9780295985886

Description

Twenty years ago, commercial tourism in the People's Republic of China hardly existed. Today, China has a burgeoning tourist industry, characterized by a unique style with deep roots in traditional Chinese culture. Scenic Spots is an engaging exploration of why Chinese tourists pursue certain kinds of experiences, what they make of them, and how their experiences and interpretations are shaped by the state.

Working from within a Chinese cultural framework, Pál Nyíri argues that China's brand of tourism is distinct from the traditions of both Western bourgeois tourism, which values authenticity, and Soviet tourism, with its emphasis on rugged and selfless experience. In China, tourism development is guided by the state, and "scenic spots" (jingdian) and theme parks are used to demonstrate China's heroic past and as tools of patriotic education and modernization - or as forms of "indoctritainment." The tourist site is perceived as a product, and, as such, it is bounded, approved, rated, and consumed.

In a style both straightforward and provocative, Nyíri argues that the uniformity and undisguised commercialism of Chinese tourist sites are a direct result of the state's ultimate authority to determine the meaning of landscape and to control culture. Scenic Spots serves as a lens through which to explore mechanisms of cultural control and resistance in a highly commercialized sphere of everyday life in contemporary China.

Product Details

Author:
Pál Nyíri
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
14 March 2006
Dimensions:
23.57 x 16 x 1.65 cm
Genre:
Asian - Chinese
ISBN-10:
0295985887
ISBN-13:
9780295985886
Language:
English
Location:
Seattle
Pages:
152
Weight:
362.87 gm

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