The Resilient Bond With Zhujiajiao

(Re)making Community in a Chinese Tourism Town

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2392053
AutoresSiyang Cao (0000-0001-5332-7750, East China Normal University), Wenzhi Wu (0000-0003-3704-2493, East China Normal University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen25
Número1
Páginas119-135
Fecha de publicación2020-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1360780419854771
OpenAlexW2952168178
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas46

This article examines how community has been reinterpreted and remade among local residents in relation to the development of tourism in Zhujiajiao, China. Focusing on the narratives and practices of long-term residents, it was found that people generally maintain a resilient bond with their community in Zhujiajiao despite profound local changes. Drawing on in-depth interviews, the article brings to light the complicated and contextual meanings of community that are constantly under negotiation. We argue that the notion of community is reconstructed through narratives of the past, everyday social interactions, and material connections between people and places. Meanwhile, the process of remaking Zhujiajiao community is shaped by cultural values and situated within wider structural conditions. In this way, the article contributes to debates on the analytical importance of relationality and sociality in the recent rethinking of community from a Chinese perspective. It also argues for the need to develop more nuanced understandings of community in contemporary China beyond viewing it as a form of urban governance by focusing on residents' narratives and practices

Aesthetics · China · Corporate governance · Management · Narrative · Negotiation · Political science · Situated · Social science · Sociality · Sociology · Tourism · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Gender Studies · Law · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development