Staging Indigenous Heritage: Instrumentalisation, Brokerage, and Representation in Malaysia Cai Yunci
Staging Indigenous Heritage: Instrumentalisation, Brokerage, and Representation in Malaysia Cai Yunci Staging Indigenous Heritage examines the cultural politics of four Indigenous cultural villages…
Specifikacia Staging Indigenous Heritage: Instrumentalisation, Brokerage, and Representation in Malaysia Cai Yunci
Staging Indigenous Heritage: Instrumentalisation, Brokerage, and Representation in Malaysia Cai Yunci
Staging Indigenous Heritage examines the cultural politics of four Indigenous cultural villages in Malaysia. Demonstrating that the opportunities for self-representation and self-determination can become entwined with the politics of brokerage and the contradictory dualism of culture, it becomes clear that this can both facilitate and compromise their intended outcomes. Demonstrating that such villages are often beset with the politics of brokerage and representation, the book shows that this reinforces a culture of dependency on the brokers.By critically examining the relationship between Indigenous tourism and development through the establishment of Indigenous cultural villages, the book addresses the complexities of adopting the 'culture for development' paradigm as a developmental strategy.
Challenging the simplistic conceptualisation of Indigenous communities as
Making Heritage in Malaysia