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Romantic Consumption and Heritage Performance in China.
The drums beat, an old man in a grand robe mutters incantations and three brides on horseback led by their grooms on foot proceed to the Naxi Wedding Courtyard, accompanied, watched and photographed the whole way by tourists, who have bought tickets for the privilege. The traditional wedding ceremon...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Asian Heritages Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Prologue: Somewhere in Time; 1 Introduction; Lijiang Old Town and the Naxi; Ethnic Tourism in China; Cultural Heritage in China; Romantic Consumption; Authenticity, Authentication, and Customization; Why the Naxi Wedding Courtyard?; A Note on the Method; Theatre of the Book; 2 Stage; Reconstructing a World Heritage Site; The Development of Mass Tourism; Becoming a Town of Romance; Transforming into a Capital of Love Affairs (Yanyu); Creating a Cultural Theme Park; Conclusion; 3 Scripts; Dongba as Religious Practitioners; Transformations in Dongba Practices since 1949.
- Traditional Naxi WeddingCurrent Marriage Customs in Lijiang; The 'Dongba Wedding' in the Courtyard; Conclusion; 4 Local Actors; The Manager, Mr. Liu; The Dongba, Fuhua; The Adviser, Prof. Ming; The Moderator, Mei; The Dancer, Chao; Locals' Responses: Hope and Frustration; Conclusion; 5 Guests; The Honeymooners, Vincent and Lulu; New Lijiang Residents, Wang and Yan; He Gang from Naxi Mama; Foreign Tourists, Marina and Johnson; Conclusion; 6 After the Show; Wandering between Dream and Reality; Embracing a New Home; Resistance, Coping, and Departure; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion.
- Romantic Consumption and CustomizationGlobal Significance of a Local Courtyard; Epilogue: The Show Must Go On; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; List of Illustrations; Figure 1.1 Lijiang Prefecture on two location maps in 2010; Figure 2.1 The World Heritage emblem in the Old Town of Lijiang; Figure 2.2 The newly built entrance to the Old Town of Lijiang; Figure 2.3 New Sifang Square with horse riding for tourists; Figure 2.4 Bar streets in the Old Town; Figure 2.5 One of the courtyards displaying traditional cloth sewing; Figure 3.1 A Su basket and the objects inside.
- Figure 3.2 A local Naxi wedding ceremony in LijiangFigure 3.3 Dongba Fuhua chants and throws rice into the river; Figure 3.4 The actors toast the guests during the ceremony; Figure 3.5 The dancing of Remeicuo in the middle of the courtyard; Figure 3.6 The Su basket used by Dongba Fuhua during wedding rituals; Figure 4.1 The local actors at the Naxi Wedding Courtyard; Figure 4.2 Dongba Fuhua in the courtyard; Figure 4.3 The promotional photo about the wedding ceremony; Figure 4.4 The Naxi leba dance in the wedding ceremony; Figure 4.5 Chao's wedding in the courtyard.