TY - THES
T1 - Reconstructing tradition: modernity and heritage-protected tourist destinations in China
AU - Su, Xiaoyan
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This dissertation aims to examine the interaction between heritage authorization and tourism development in China, and show how this interaction influences the social relations between external agents and local actors in two World Heritage sites, Shaolin Scenic Area and Ancient City of Pingyao. Various theories including Anthony Giddens' theories on modernity, time-space distanciation, disembedding, and reflexivity, are applied and critiqued in the context of the case studies. It argues contemporary reconstruction of tradition demonstrates current transformative processes, in which external agents with heritage authority have an advantage over local residents in tourism zones who are financially, spatially, and culturally disempowered.
AB - This dissertation aims to examine the interaction between heritage authorization and tourism development in China, and show how this interaction influences the social relations between external agents and local actors in two World Heritage sites, Shaolin Scenic Area and Ancient City of Pingyao. Various theories including Anthony Giddens' theories on modernity, time-space distanciation, disembedding, and reflexivity, are applied and critiqued in the context of the case studies. It argues contemporary reconstruction of tradition demonstrates current transformative processes, in which external agents with heritage authority have an advantage over local residents in tourism zones who are financially, spatially, and culturally disempowered.
KW - Modernity
KW - Tradition
KW - Heritage
KW - Tourist destinations
M3 - Doctoral Thesis
ER -