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

Description: Footprints in Paradise by Andrea E. Murray 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography 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, was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology and Asian Studies at Hamilton College, and lectured in Sociocultural Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. Table of Contents List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: "We Want Them to Know Nature!!"Chapter 1. Okinawas Tourism ImperativeChapter 2. Slow Vulnerability in OkinawaChapter 3. Knowing and NoticingChapter 4. Ecologies of NearnessChapter 5. Healing and NatureConclusion: Yambaru Funbaru!ReferencesIndex Review "… a wonderful ethnographic work…As readers navigate through shared narratives and collective histories, they cannot help but feel they are immersed within the Okinawan culture. Libraries with anthropological collections focusing on Pacific Island studies (with a primary focus on Japan) or cultural heritage tourism should have a copy of this work. Highly recommended." • Choice"A solid contribution to the anthropology of tourism and to ecotourism studies in general that offers a variety of interesting case examples. This book successfully attempts to reconsider the primacy of the visual in touristic encounters, and to place Okinawas current tourism economies in a larger historical context of exploitation and dependency." • Erve Chambers, University of Maryland"Murrays work is comprehensive, thorough, and surprisingly moving. Her impassioned ethnography, centered upon the "slow" vulnerabilities of Okinawa, demonstrates anthropology as an art and science of commitment." • Christine Yano, University of Hawaii Review Quote "... a wonderful ethnographic work...As readers navigate through shared narratives and collective histories, they cannot help but feel they are immersed within the Okinawan culture. Libraries with anthropological collections focusing on Pacific Island studies (with a primary focus on Japan) or cultural heritage tourism should have a copy of this work. Highly recommended." * Choice "A solid contribution to the anthropology of tourism and to ecotourism studies in general that offers a variety of interesting case examples. This book successfully attempts to reconsider the primacy of the visual in touristic encounters, and to place Okinawas current tourism economies in a larger historical context of exploitation and dependency." * Erve Chambers, University of Maryland "Murrays work is comprehensive, thorough, and surprisingly moving. Her impassioned ethnography, centered upon the "slow" vulnerabilities of Okinawa, demonstrates anthropology as an art and science of commitment." * Christine Yano, University of Hawaii Details ISBN1800737378 Author Andrea E. Murray Short Title Footprints in Paradise Pages 186 Publisher Berghahn Books Series New Directions in Anthropology Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1800737378 ISBN-13 9781800737372 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-01-13 Subtitle Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa Series Number 40 Imprint Berghahn Books AU Release Date 2023-01-13 NZ Release Date 2023-01-13 US Release Date 2023-01-13 UK Release Date 2023-01-13 Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 306.48190952 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159433317;

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