ISBN:
9781461468745
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVIII, 297 p. 33 illus., 27 illus. in color, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Cultural heritage politics in China
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Regional planning
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Humanities
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Archaeology
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Regional planning
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Humanities
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Archaeology
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Cultural property
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Cultural property China
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Cultural property Protection
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Law and legislation
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China
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Cultural property Protection
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Political aspects
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China
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Historic sites
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Historic sites China
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Museums Political aspects
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China
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Cultural property
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China
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Cultural property
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Government policy
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China
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Kongress 2011
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Urbana, Ill
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Konferenzschrift 2011
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Konferenzschrift
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Kongress 2011
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Urbana, Ill
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Konferenzschrift 2011
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Konferenzschrift
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China
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Weltkulturerbe
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Denkmalschutz
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China
;
Kulturerbe
;
Kulturpolitik
Abstract:
This volume explores China's cultural heritage ideology and policies from three interrelated perspectives: the State and World Heritage tourism; cultural heritage tourism at undesignated sites, and the cultural politics of museums and collections. Something of a cultural heritage designation craze is happening in China. This is new within even the last five to ten years. Officials at many levels now see heritage preservation as a means for commoditizing their regions. They are devoting new resources and attention to national and international heritage designations. Thus, addressing cultural h
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Contributor Bios; Part I Introduction; 1 Cultural Heritage Politics in China: An Introduction; Introduction; China, UNESCOUnesco, and Cultural Heritage Bureaucracy; Ethnicity and Heritage; Heritage and TourismTourism: Heritage TourismTourism; Museums and Collections; Papers in the Volume; Local, Regional, National, and International Interests in a World Heritage Era; Cultural Heritage and Tourismtourism in Undesignated Sites; The Politics of Museumsmuseums and Collections; Routes as Heritage: Branding Space in a Global[ized] China; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
AcknowledgmentsReferences; 2 Does the Institution of Property RightsProperty rights Matter for Heritage Preservation? Evidence from China; Introduction; The Status Quo About Protection and Utilization of Heritage in China; Fire on the World Heritage List Cultural Heritage Site of Wudang Mountains; Daming Palace Park was Built on an Important Heritage Site; The Highest and Fastest Outside Elevator in the World; Characteristics of the Present Institution of Property RightsProperty Rights For Heritage in China
Description / Table of Contents:
The Practical Consequences Led by the Present Institution of the Property RightsProperty rights of HeritageConclusions; References; Part II Local, Regional, Nationaland International Interestsin a World Heritage Era; 3 Chinese Cosmopolitanism (Tianxia He Shijie Zhuyi) in China's Heritage Tourism; Introduction; Cosmopolitanism Writ Large; Western Cosmopolitanism; Chinese Cosmopolitanism; Indigenous Cosmopolitanism; Cosmopolitan Analysis of Tourism; Cosmopolitanism in World Heritage Sites; Ethnic and Ecological Heritage Tourismecological heritage tourism Development
Description / Table of Contents:
Tianxia and Shijie in China's Heritage TourismCase Studies in Yunnan; In and Around the Stone ForestStone Forest; Sani World Heritage; Axi Intangible Heritage; In Yunnan's Northwest; Search for Shangri-laShangri-La; Conclusions; References; 4 Groping for Stones to Cross the River: Governing Heritage in Emei; Introduction; Regulatory Agency of Heritage GovernanceHeritage Governance in China; Introducing Emei and Research Methods; Restructuring Agency for Heritage GovernanceHeritage Governance; Interpreting Authenticity in Heritage Conservation; Tourism Operation in Heritage Development
Description / Table of Contents:
ConclusionReferences; 5 Local versus National Interests in the Promotion and Management of a Heritage Site: A Case Study from Zhejiang Province, China; The Creation of the Man-Made God; The Cultural Heritage; The Hugong Fortune-Telling Poems; Family Hotel Business; The Temple Fair; The Chinese New Year Celebration; A New Era of Constructed Heritage; The Holistic Relocation; The Relocation Guidelines; The Practical Challenges and Management Issues of the Guidelines; The Execution of the Relocation Plan; Conclusions; References; Online References; Other References
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Tourism, Migration and the Politics of Built Heritage in Lijiang, China
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-6874-5
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