商品簡介
Thirty years after the signing of the World Heritage Convention, this collection of 17 articles addresses the increased mobility, advances in communications, and intensification of market forces that have, in essence, converted people, cultures, places and environments into commodities. What the locals perceive about certain heritage destinations may be entirely different than that which tourists bring to or take from their experience. Topics include contested narratives and heritages, producing heritage for sale ("huddled masses yearning to buy postcards"), post-colonialism, and a call for a holistic conceptual approach. Commentary includes observations from various sites, including the US, Lebanon, Vietnam, Mesoamerica, Peru, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia and other locations. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
David Harrison is Professor of Tourism, Culture and Development at the International Institute of Culture Tourism and Development, London Metropolitan University. Michael Hitchcock is Director of the International Institute of Culture Tourism and Development, London Metropolitan University.
