Title: Production of Tourist Attractions and Re-generation of Ethnic Culture——An Anthropological Research of a Bouyei Village
Abstract:Through an ethnographic description of the cultural transformation of a Bouyei village before and after the introduction of tourism industry,this paper argues that the intervention from the capital an...Through an ethnographic description of the cultural transformation of a Bouyei village before and after the introduction of tourism industry,this paper argues that the intervention from the capital and power in tourism development shatters the original spontaneous order in the village and builds up a constructive order in the process of nature landscaping.The villagers have to adapt their life habits to the need of tourism.Even the dates of ethnic festivals and ceremonies have to be readjusted for the sake of tourism development.The new order has gradually become part of ethnic concept and thus generating a new ethnic culture.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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