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Title The making of heritage : seduction and disenchantment / edited by Camila del Mármol, Marc Morell and Jasper Chalcraft
Published New York : Routledge, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (191 pages .)
Series Routledge studies in heritage ; 8
Routledge studies in heritage ; 8.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction: Of Seduction and Disenchantment: An Approach to the Heritage Process; 1 Metaculture and Its Malcontents: World Heritage in Southwestern Libya; 2 Buddhist Circuits and Worlding Practices in North India; 3 Seductions and Disenchantments in the Making of an Ecomuseum; 4 Imprisoning Ethnic Heritage in French Guiana: The Seduction of a Penal Colony; 5 Indigenous Crafts, Political Re-enchantment and the Rationale of Heritage Making in Costa Rica
6 Mexico for Sale: The Manipulation of Cultural Heritage for Tourism Purposes: The Case of the Xcaret Night Show7 Feeding Disenchantment: On the Heritage Intricacies of Cookery Books and the Olive Oil Festival in Malta; 8 Tourism Values and the Becoming Ordinary of Heritage; Contributors; Index
Summary This volume explores the process of heritage making and its relation to the production of touristic places, examining several case studies around the world. Most existing literature on heritage and tourism centers either on its managerial aspects, the tourist experience, or issues related to inequality and identity politics. This volume instead establishes theoretical links between analyses of heritage and the production and reproduction of places in the context of the global tourist trade. The approach adopted here is to explore the production of heritage as a complex process shaped by local
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Historic preservation -- Social aspects
Historic preservation -- Case studies
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Historic preservation
Historic preservation -- Social aspects
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Mármol, Camila del
Morell, Marc
Chalcraft, Jasper
ISBN 1135013012
9781135013011
9780203751862
0203751868
9781322327006
1322327009
9781135012991
1135012997
9781135013004
1135013004