The village as theme park: Mimesis and authenticity in Chinese tourism

Translocal China: Linkages, Identities and the Reimagining of Space

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 166-192

  Oakes, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Guizhou Institute for Nationalities   (China)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203029398     Document Type: Chapter

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