Footprints in Paradise: Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa (New Directions in Anthropology, 40) - Softcover

Murray, Andrea E.

 
9781800737372: Footprints in Paradise: Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa (New Directions in Anthropology, 40)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1800737378 ISBN 13: 9781800737372
Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

The economic imperative of sustainable tourism development frequently shapes life on small subtropical islands. In Okinawa, ecotourism promises to provide employment for a dwindling population of rural youth while preserving the natural environment and bolstering regional pride. Footprints in Paradise explores the transformation in community and sense of place as Okinawans come to view themselves through the lens of the visiting tourist consumer, and as their language, landscapes, and wildlife are reconstituted as treasured and vulnerable resources. The rediscovery and revaluing of local ecological knowledge strengthens Okinawan or Uchinaa cultural heritage, despite the controversial presence of US military bases amidst a hegemonic Japanese state.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Andrea E. Murray is an Associate in Research at the Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies. She received her PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard in 2012, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology and Asian Studies at Hamilton College.

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Verlag
Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1800737378
ISBN 13 
9781800737372
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
186
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