ISBN:
9781032139609
,
9781032139814
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 194 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary China series 242
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary China series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lin, Chunfeng Red tourism in China
Dissertation note:
Dissertation University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
DDC:
306.4/8190951
Keywords:
Tourism
;
Tourism Government policy
;
Heritage tourism
;
Communism and culture
;
Propaganda, Chinese
;
Propaganda, Communist
;
Hochschulschrift
;
China
;
Propaganda
;
Kommunismus
;
Tourismus
;
Tourismusindustrie
;
Bildungstourismus
Abstract:
"This book analyses the phenomenally profitable 'Red Tourism' industry in China, in which visitors make pilgrimages to sites of historical significance to the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Revolution. The book examines Red Tourism in connection with the transforming power relations between the state and the private, communication in the socialist past and the current round of capitalization, against the backdrop of the world's second largest economy. By re-evaluating the conventional notion of propaganda through the lens of neutral 'xuanchuan' propaganda, the book presents a nuanced look at the social space of Red Tourism, revealing that propaganda should be conceived as a commodity, an industry, or even a media system similar to the news media. Drawn from combining fieldwork and cultural analysis spanning a decade, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of communication studies, tourism and Chinese politics"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- The problem of propaganda -- Tourism as a propaganda system -- The cultural roots of red tourism -- The social space of red tourism : the Yan'an case -- The commodification of propaganda.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.4324/9781003231783
