1st Edition

Red Tourism in China Commodification of Propaganda

By Chunfeng Lin Copyright 2023
202 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyzes the phenomenally profitable “Red Tourism” industry in China, in which visitors make pilgrimages to sites of historical significance to the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Revolution. The book examines Red Tourism in connection with the transforming power relations between the state and the private, communication in the socialist past, and the current round of... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The problem of propaganda  3. Tourism as a propaganda system  4. The cultural roots of Red Tourism  5. The social space of Red Tourism: The Yan’an case  6. The commodification of propaganda

Biography

Chunfeng Lin is Associate Professor of Communication at East China Normal University, China.