Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; 1 Rethinking the politics of heritage tourism; 2 The cultural politics of tourism: Exploring the complexity of hegemony; 3 Locating Lijiang: Connections and process; 4 Producing heritage: Lijiang's immersion in global tourism; 5 Consuming heritage: Tourists' expectations and influence on Lijiang; 6 Landscapes of hegemony: Commodification and the socio-spatial transformation of Lijiang; 7 Local agency in heritage tourism; 8 Conclusion: Cultural politics of heritage tourism and beyond; Notes; References; Index
Summary
The book unravels the politics surrounding the hegemonic project of tourism development through the example of Lijiang Ancient Town, a mature destination that has been used by the Chinese state as exemplary policy-making. The authors examine the dialectical relationships between global and domestic capital, the state, tourists and locals as they collude, collaborate and contest one another to ready Lijiang for tourist consumption
