The metaphor of sadness

Hakka's Bean Jelly as culture and consumption through tourism

Bibliographic Data

ID5762481
AuthorsLijuan Yang (0000-0002-8378-4749, Chengdu University of Information Technology), Bin Lai (0009-0009-6460-6582, School of Tourism, Chengdu Polytechnic, Chengdu, China), Lai Bin, Honggen Xiao (0000-0003-4621-7232, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume21
Issue1
Pages102-120
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTourism Geographies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-6688 • E-ISSN: 1470-1340
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14616688.2018.1449238
OpenAlexW2790248417
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited41

This paper presents a sensory ethnography of an ethnic Hakka specialty known as 'Luodai Bean Jelly' (or the Sad Bean Jelly) in Luodai Ancient Town in the suburban area to the east of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. From the perspectives of objectivity, historicity, modernity and sociality, the metaphorical meanings of the Sad Bean Jelly as an ethnic food used for the transformation of a place through tourism are explored. Individual feelings and collective memories of the ethnic food are constructed in the context of tourism-driven commercialization, which is felt to have transformed the ancient town into a place for out-of-town visitors. The research sheds light on, and hence has implications for managing change of a place associated with ethnic culture, food and tourism

Aesthetics · Art · China · Consumption (sociology · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Foodways · Geography · Modernity · Naxi · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Anthropology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Wine Industry and Tourism

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