The heritage-scape : UNESCO, world heritage, and tourism / Michael A. Di Giovine

Author: Di Giovine, Michael A.
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2009]
Copyright Date: ©2009
Physical Description: viii, 519 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents

Traveling across stones that speak -- Mediating world heritage: authenticity and fields of production in tourism and heritage -- The Heritage-scape: UNESCO's globalizing endeavor -- Unity in diversity: the Heritage-scape's meta- narrative claim -- Tourism: the Heritage-scape's ritual interaction -- Converting localities into universal heritage -- Politics and personalities within the Heritage-scape: narratives of nature and culture in Vietnam -- Museumification of local cultures: Ha Long Bay and Hôi An -- Creating the drama of the destination: managing, interpreting and branding world heritage sites -- Preserving the past: the Heritage-scape and historic preservation -- Problematics of preservation: narrative and practice at the Angkor Archaeological Park -- Raising awareness, re-presenting the Heritage-scape: fragmentary and reproducible re-presentations -- The future of the Heritage-scape.

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ISBN

9780739114346 (cloth : alk. paper)
0739114344 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780739114353 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0739114352 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780739131442 (electronic)
0739131443 (electronic)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-499) and index.

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