Displacing Desire : : Travel and Popular Culture in China / / Beth E. Notar.
Why do millions of people from around the world flock to Dali, a small borderland town in the Himalayan foothills of southwest China? "Lonely planeteers"- American, European, and Israeli backpackers named for the guidebook they carry-trek halfway across the globe to "get off the beate...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (293 p.) :; 17 illus., 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- A Note On Transcription
- Measure Conversions From Chinese To American And Metric
- Chapter 1. With The Sign Begins The Search
- Chapter 2. Lonely Planeteers And A Transnational Authentic
- Chapter 3. Five Golden Flowers Utopian Nostalgia And Local Longing
- Chapter 4. Heavenly Dragons Commodifying A Fantastic Past
- Chapter 5. Earthly Demons Displacing The Present
- Chapter 6. Off And On The Road To Reform
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About The Author