• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Footprints in Paradise: Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa

Footprints in Paradise: Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa

Paperback

Series: New Directions in Anthropology, Book 40

AnthropologyTravel GeneralGeneral Asia

ISBN10: 1800737378
ISBN13: 9781800737372
Publisher: Berghahn Books Inc
Published: Jan 13 2023
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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.

1 different editions

Also available

Also from

Murray, Andrea E.

Also in

Travel General