Commodification and the selling of ethnic music to tourists

Geoforum

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 496-505

  Su, Xiaobo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodification; Cultural politics; Lijiang; Music; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HERITAGE TOURISM; MUSIC; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

CHINA; LIJIANG; YUNNAN;

EID: 79959854450     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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