Intangible Cultural Heritage and Tourism in China
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- ISBN 9781845418632
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 May 2023
- Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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This book examines the complexities and dynamics in the relationship between intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and tourism, taking as a focus the ICH at the World Cultural Heritage site in Lijiang, China. It explores the tensions between the protection of authenticity of ICH and the use of ICH in tourism commodification, and considers the perspectives of governmental officials, experts, local ICH practitioners and community members. The volume aims to redefine the concepts of authenticity, integrity and continuity from the perspective of the ICH practitioners and to provide theoretical guidelines for developing a sustainable ICH tourism using a people-based approach. It will be a helpful resource for students, researchers and practitioners in heritage studies, tourism, anthropology, cultural management and Chinese studies.
Junjie Su holds a PhD from the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Deakin University, Australia. He is Associate Professor at the School of Ethnology and Sociology and Director of the Yunnan Provincial Research Base of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Yunnan University, China. His research interests include cultural heritage, heritage tourism, museum and arts management, cultural and creative industries and the sociology of heritage.
