Footprints in Paradise

Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-386-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 40, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 429 g

Reihe: New Directions in Anthropology

The economic imperative of sustainable tourism development frequently shapes life on small subtropical islands. In Okinawa, ecotourism promises to provide employment for a dwindling population of rural youth while preserving the natural environment and bolstering regional pride. Footprints in Paradise explores the transformation in community and sense of place as Okinawans come to view themselves through the lens of the visiting tourist consumer, and as their language, landscapes, and wildlife are reconstituted as treasured and vulnerable resources. The rediscovery and revaluing of local ecological knowledge strengthens Okinawan or Uchinaa cultural heritage, despite the controversial presence of US military bases amidst a hegemonic Japanese state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murray, Andrea E.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Tourismus & Reise: Ökonomie, Ökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Umwelt und Kultur, Kulturökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: "We Want Them to Know Nature"

Chapter 1. Okinawa's Tourism Imperative

Chapter 2. Slow Vulnerability in Okinawa

Chapter 3. Knowing and Noticing

Chapter 4. Ecologies of Nearness

Chapter 5. Healing and Nature

Conclusion: Yambaru Funbaru!

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Murray, Andrea E.
Andrea E. Murray is an Associate in Research at the Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies. She received her PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard in 2012, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology and Asian Studies at Hamilton College.