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Chapter Seven Ethnic Identities under the Tourist Gaze
Chapter Seven Ethnic Identities under the Tourist Gaze
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摘要：This chapter focuses on how the social landscape of Dali has changed in response to the development of tourism. In efforts to promote the tourism industry，the Bai have been placed centre stage since the late 1990s. The construction of local history and Bai culture has been，to a large extent，in response to the gaze of tourists and culture has become a product，produced and sold，bought and consumed in the form of tourist packages and commodities. In this process，economic development goes hand in hand with identity strategies to match the needs of an expanding free market economy. Local people contrive to play different cards in order to attract tourists，renovating and inventing cultural traditions. Fake as it may appear，this touristification of local culture is also a domain in which we can examine the construction of Bai Identity and a minzu consciousness. Here a form of “touristic culture” （Picard 1996） or “touristic ethnicity” （Wood 1998） contributes to the reconstruction of self-identity，in a way similar to the case of the Yi （see Swain 1990：26-32） and Miao （Oakes 1998） like many other minorities elsewhere in the world，including local identities in Han areas in China.
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文章目录
- 1.State initiatives in promoting tourism
- 2.The politics of representation
- 2.1 The making of a historical place
- 2.2 Dali one-day-tour in May 2005
- 2.3 Nanzhao Feature Island
- 3.Various representations
- 4.Changing attitudes towards ethnicity
- 5.Conclusion
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