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Post-Conflict Heritage, Postcolonial Tourism: Culture, Politics, and Development at Angkor . By Tim Winter. New York: Routledge, 2007. xxii, 170 pp. $150.00 (cloth).
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kreps, Christina F. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Heritage and tourism have often been regarded as conflicting spheres where cultural values maybe compromised for commercial gain or tourism values compromised when viewed as detrimental to heritage (McKercher et al 2005). This book draws attention to these two disjointed spheres showcasing the far reaching social impacts of both in the developing world through a thorough examination of the Angkor World Heritage site. Following the inscription on to the world heritage list, critical changes to promote tourism introduced by the Cambodian government along with a number of other factors led to a steep 10000 percent rise in tourism within a decade. Managing world heritage on the other hand remained focused on restoring monuments and consolidating ruins centred on tangible heritage excluding the intangible social values thereby reinforcing the nineteenth century European narrative of the 'discovery of a lost civilisation'. This book fills a much-needed gap in an arena of Cambodian research which until recent years was predominantly centred on monumental architecture, art history and archaeological discoveries in the Angkor region. |
| Starting Page | 1511 |
| Ending Page | 1514 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0021911808002350 |
| Volume Number | 67 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://australia.icomos.org/wp-content/uploads/Book-Reviews-vol-22-no-2.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
