Paradise Under Construction
Minorities, Myths and Modernity in Northwest Yunnan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6039643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben Hillman (0000-0001-8159-299X) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-188 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Ethnicity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-1369 • E-ISSN: 1469-2953 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14631360301654 |
| OpenAlex | W2012784175 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 50 |
| References cited | 7 |
Until recently, Zhongdian County was a little known corner of Northwest Yunnan. All that changed when it began to call itself 'Shangri-la', the mythical paradise of the Tibetan Himalayas. On 17 December 2001, after years of intense lobbying by the county government, the State Council finally granted Zhongdian permission to officially rename itself 'Shangri-la County'. This article is an account of the economic and political forces behind the campaign for Shangri-la, including discussion of the Shangri-la Arts Festival in May 2002. The paper also takes up the dynamics between official and local identities as ethnic tourism expands in this Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It argues that Shangri-la's new tourism could be a force for strengthening ethnic identities, even if those identities are simultaneously rooted in the development of the modern Chinese state
Economy · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Modernity · Mythology · Paradise · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Tourism · Anthropology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law
Integrating Sacred Knowledge for Conservation
Turismo chino en itinerarios culturales
"Good" Manufacturing by Whose Standards? Remaking Concepts of Quality, Safety, and Value in the Production of Tibetan Medicines
Regional-scale analysis on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in sustainable development of Shangri-La County
The body as experienced
Tourism and the Making of Place in Shangri-La
What makes terroir unique? Wine, body techniques, and agricultural modernisation in the Shangri-La region of China
The Making of Ethnic Yunnan on the National Mall
A Dialogue between the Humanities and Social Sciences
Law, Order and Social Control in Xi’s China
The Tourism Potential of the Jewish Cultural Heritage in Bucharest
Rice, Wine, Grapes, and Land in Shangri-La
Tourist–community interactions in ethnic tourism
The subjectivity of Miao people in tourism representations
Minorities and tourism
De-localization and re-localization of ethnic cultures
Little Tibet”
Romanticism in China?–Its Implications for Minority Images and Aspirations
If Allah Wills It
Minorities, tourism and ethnic theme parks
Traditionalization as a response to state-induced development in rural Tibetan areas of Qinghai, PRC
Ethnic tourism
Ethnic tourism in mainland Southeast Asia
Phantasmal destination
Analysis and research on symbolic emptiness in traditional architecture in the Shangri-La Tibetan area
Moon Over the Eastern Mountain
Structures of feeling in language policy
Urbanizing Tibet
The Political Ecology of Geopiety
Travelling ethics
The Causes and Consequences of Rapid Urbanisation in an Ethnically Diverse Region
Nature De-naturalised
A Not-So-Simple Noodle Story
China's many Tibets
A multimodal approach to attitudes towards Tibet in Chinese language textbooks
I am Tibetan? An exploration of online identity constructions among Tibetans in China
Macho Minority
Tourism in Ethnic Communities
Cultural heritage, ethnic tourism, and minority-state relations amongst the Orochen in north-east China
The Altai Road
Ecological Degradation and Endangered Ethnicities
Neoliberal multiculturalism and ethnic entrepreneurial self
Contested Sovereignties and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Balancing Income, Food Security, and Sustainability in Shangri-La
Our Common Heritage
Truth and Indigenous Cosmopolitics in Shangrila
Yunnan
The Political Economy of Ethnicity in Yunnan's Lijiang Basin
Leave the Fields without Leaving the Countryside
Crimes Against Nature
| Unique citing works | 50 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,27 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 47 |