Richard Abrahams
Biographic Data
| ID | 5123666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Abrahams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Abrahams |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAHAMS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mediating urban transition through rural tourism
Naturalizing people, ethnicizing landscape
Tourism is often used in conjunction with the creation and consumption of knowledge to mold the ways in which people perceive, imagine and understand “other” places. This article examines how the imagery and framing of tourism promotion both utilizes and reciprocates constructions of China’s ethnic minority, rural places and peoples. Through an analysis of the promotional imagery of a rural and ethnic tourism resort, the discussion highlights how…
Tourism and the reconfiguration of host group identities
This paper examines the role of tourism in providing cognitive alternatives for the strengthening of place-based ethnic minority group identities in China, and scrutinises subsequent affects of China's integrative policy of ethnic and economic assimilation through tourism. During China's post-1978 reform period, tourism has been utilised in many rural areas as a tool for the economic and social development of rural toured communities. Consequentl…
Tourism and the reconfiguration of host group identities
This paper examines the role of tourism in providing cognitive alternatives for the strengthening of place-based ethnic minority group identities in China, and scrutinises subsequent affects of China's integrative policy of ethnic and economic assimilation through tourism. During China's post-1978 reform period, tourism has been utilised in many rural areas as a tool for the economic and social development of rural toured communities. Consequentl…
Mediating urban transition through rural tourism
Naturalizing people, ethnicizing landscape
Tourism is often used in conjunction with the creation and consumption of knowledge to mold the ways in which people perceive, imagine and understand “other” places. This article examines how the imagery and framing of tourism promotion both utilizes and reciprocates constructions of China’s ethnic minority, rural places and peoples. Through an analysis of the promotional imagery of a rural and ethnic tourism resort, the discussion highlights how…
Tourism and the reconfiguration of host group identities
This paper examines the role of tourism in providing cognitive alternatives for the strengthening of place-based ethnic minority group identities in China, and scrutinises subsequent affects of China's integrative policy of ethnic and economic assimilation through tourism. During China's post-1978 reform period, tourism has been utilised in many rural areas as a tool for the economic and social development of rural toured communities. Consequentl…
Naturalizing people, ethnicizing landscape
Tourism is often used in conjunction with the creation and consumption of knowledge to mold the ways in which people perceive, imagine and understand “other” places. This article examines how the imagery and framing of tourism promotion both utilizes and reciprocates constructions of China’s ethnic minority, rural places and peoples. Through an analysis of the promotional imagery of a rural and ethnic tourism resort, the discussion highlights how…
Mediating urban transition through rural tourism
China (3 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Rural tourism (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Tourism (3 works) · Tourism geography (3 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Philippine History and Culture (2 works)