Constructionism and culture in research: Understandings of the fourth Buddhist Festival, Wutaishan, China

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dc.contributor.authorRyan, Chris
dc.contributor.authorGu, Huimin
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-10T20:18:46Z
dc.date.available2009-11-10T20:18:46Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis paper offers an interpretation of competing legitimacies at the 2007 4th Annual Wutaishan Buddhist Festival in Taihua, Shanxi Province. It suggests how spectacle, entertainment and performance spaces are condoned arenas of challenge and usage by mainstream and peripheral groups. The paper also discusses the methods employed in the framing and nature of interpretation, and possesses its own tension as the different cultural perspectives and voices are heeded. It concludes that the festival exists as a multi-layered event involving economics, politics, faith, entertainment and prestige – each of which creates its own set of interpretations contextualised in the evolving state of Chinese tourism. The paper is partially a response to the work of Hollinshead, Phillimore & Goodson and O'Dell that claim a need for a more reflexive voice in the tourism literature as a means of understanding the tourist experience. Its premises are based on thinking derived from multiple sources including symbolic interaction and Buddhist thought.en
dc.identifier.citationRyan, C. & Gu, H. (2009). Constructionism and culture in research: Understandings of the fourth Buddhist Festival, Wutaishan, China. Tourism Management, 31(2), 167-178.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tourman.2009.01.003en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/3356
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevieren_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfTourism Managementen_NZ
dc.subjectfestivalsen
dc.subjectChinaen
dc.subjectBuddhismen
dc.subjectconstructionismen
dc.subjectcultureen
dc.subjectreflexivityen
dc.titleConstructionism and culture in research: Understandings of the fourth Buddhist Festival, Wutaishan, Chinaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
pubs.begin-page167en_NZ
pubs.elements-id34761
pubs.end-page178en_NZ
pubs.issue2en_NZ
pubs.volume31en_NZ
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