Heritage tourism in Southeast Asia

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Hitchcock Michael; King Victor T; Parnwell Mike
Published: University of Hawaiʿi Press,
Publisher Address: Honolulu
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiv, 322 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780824835040 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0824835042 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780824835057 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0824835050 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: F593
CLC: F593.3
Call Number: F593.3/H548
Contents: "Published in Europe by NIAS Press Nordic Institute of Asian Studies"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Heritage tourism in Southeast Asia / Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King and Michael J.G. Parnwell -- Courting and consorting with the global : the local politics of an emerging World Heritage site in Sulawesi, Indonesia / Kathleen M. Adams -- The reconstruction of Atayal identity in Wulai, Taiwan / Mami Yoshimura and Geoffrey Wall -- Outdoor ethnographic museums, tourism and nation building in Southeast Asia / Michael Hitchcock and Nick Stanley -- Histories, tourism and museums : re-making Singapore / Can-Seng Ooi -- World Heritage sites in Southeast Asia : Angkor and beyond / Keiko Miura --
"This book examines heritage tourism across the Southeast Asian region from different disciplinary perspectives. With material that is new and topical, it makes an important contribution to the fields of tourism studies, cultural studies, development and planning studies, and beyond. Set against a backdrop of the demands, motivations and impacts of heritage tourism, the volume focuses on disputes and conflicts over what heritage is, what it means, and how it has been presented, re-presented, developed and protected. It examines the actors involved in encounters and contestation, drawing in i