Pseudo-Authenticity and Tourism : Preservation, Miniaturization, and Replication Hardback
by Jesse Owen Hearns-Branaman, Andy Lihua Chen
Part of the Routledge Insights in Tourism Series series
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This book explores the concept of authenticity in tourism through the analysis of six tourist sites in Guangdong Province and Macau, China.
Through a review of tourism literature, it develops the concept of pseudo-authenticity in which tourist sites and cultural products function to give signs of authenticity for tourists.
This is achieved through the influence of media, authentic fakery, and façadism.
Readers will gain greater insight into tourist sites in China that operate through cultural preservation, the miniaturization of cultural assets, and the replication of foreign signs through reproductions of foreign cities.
The authors outline the tourist sites, an aesthetic analysis, on-site interviews with tourists, and an examination of online reviews of the sites. This is a useful work for scholars and students of tourism studies in China and around the world, especially those concerned with issues of authenticity and the effects of commodification on cultural assets.
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- Pages:124 pages, 2 Tables, black and white; 6 Halftones, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/08/2023
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- ISBN:9781032272108
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:124 pages, 2 Tables, black and white; 6 Halftones, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/08/2023
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- ISBN:9781032272108