ISBN:
978-1-78533-473-3
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978-1-78533-386-6 /Hb.
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (186 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
New Directions in Anthropology volume 40
Keywords:
Japan Pazifik, Insel
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Ökologie
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Beziehungen Mensch-Umwelt
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Wissen, lokales
Abstract:
The economic imperative of sustainable tourism development frequently shapes life on small subtropical islands. In Okinawa, ecotourism promises to provide employment for a dwindling population of rural youth while preserving the natural environment and bolstering regional pride. Footprints in Paradise explores the transformation in community and sense of place as Okinawans come to view themselves through the lens of the visiting tourist consumer, and as their language, landscapes, and wildlife are reconstituted as treasured and vulnerable resources. The rediscovery and revaluing of local ecological knowledge strengthens Okinawan or Uchinaa cultural heritage, despite the controversial presence of US military bases amidst a hegemonic Japanese state. (Verlagsangaben)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: "We Want Them to Know Nature!!" -- Chapter 1. Okinawa's Tourism Imperative -- Chapter 2. Slow Vulnerability in Okinawa -- Chapter 3. Knowing and Noticing -- Chapter 4. Ecologies of Nearness -- Chapter 5. Healing and Nature -- Conclusion: Yambaru Funbaru! -- References -- Index
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