1st Edition

Theming Asia Culture, Nature and Heritage in a Transforming Environment

Edited By Maribeth Erb, Chin Ee Ong Copyright 2018
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

Theming Asia: Culture, Nature and Heritage in a Transforming Environment presents a theoretical, thematic and empirical examination of theming, theme parks and themed spaces in contemporary Asia. Drawing on cases from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Singapore, it details how the proliferation of theming in places of consumption, education, entertainment and everyday life has... Read more

1. Theming Asia: culture, nature and heritage in a transforming environment   2. The Big Buddha of Hong Kong: an accidental Buddhist theme park   3.‘Cuteifying’ spaces and staging marine animals for Chinese middle-class consumption  4. Between universal spaces and unique places: heritage in Universal Studios Singapore  5. Simulacra and simulation: double simulation at a North Song Dynasty theme park  6. Informal heritage-making at the Sarawak Cultural Village, East Malaysia   7. Residents’ attitudes toward ethnic neighborhood tourism (ENT): perspectives of ethnicity and empowerment   8.Performance and visitors’ perception of authenticity in ecocultural tourism

Biography

Maribeth Erb is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore and does research on tourism, politics and the environment in eastern Indonesia.





Chin-Ee Ong is a Lecturer of Human Geography at National University of Singapore and does research on power, heritage and tourism in China, Macau, the Netherlands and Singapore.