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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Cultural commodification"”.
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Copyrighting Chinese media: cultural commodification in a political economic context
… growth in China today manifest one dimension of cultural commodification in specific global and historical contexts. The development of intellectual property is shaped by, and contributes to, transforming global and Chinese political economy. Still unfolding, the Chinese copyright system has …
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Culture for Sale: An Ethnographic Study of Commodification at the Westwego Shrimp Lot of Louisiana
… for new ways to market their product as a cultural commodity. This thesis argues that shrimp becomes a cultural commodity at the Westwego shrimp lot, and that through marketing strategies, vendors at the Westwego shrimp lot both resist and accept certain aspects of globalization. The …
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The commodification of Tibetan dance: The experience of ‘Ecological Migrants’ in the Three-River Headwater region of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
Cultural tourism is increasing in China, partly because of the government’s vigorous promotion of this tourism form, and the emergence of a prosperous middle class with time, money and the inclination to travel. In the Three-River Headwater Region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau cultural tourism …
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The Caribana Parade: Storming and Issues of Power and Control
… issues of spatialization, power relations, cultural commodification, and other factors that make the parade a site of contestation in a post-1991 era.
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Last (Un)Fair Deal Goin' Down: A Case Study On The Racial Ideologies And Projects Advanced By The Blues Tourism Industry In Clarksdale, Mississippi
… regarding the mechanisms through which cultural commodification may be woven into the fabric of racial inequity are indispensible when conducting research on African American music tourism in the United States, as white consumers and producers may attach invidious racial mythologies to …
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Feet don't fail me now: brass bands in post-Katrina New Orleans
… and the complex web of formal and informal sociocultural relationships that exist in the brass band community. The perspectives of these musicians, who were active New Orleans brass band musicians before and after the storm, help us better understand the resurgence and popularity of brass bands …
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A - Y: Of ‘British Chinese’ Art
… and ‘Chineseness’, migration, hybridity, cultural commodification and assimilation. ‘Outtakes’ looks then at the tactical postures and gestures staged by Sanderson, Mo, Erika Tan and To across a range of works, which deconstruct and play on the consumption of exoticised bodies in and …
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Intangible heritage and livelihoods : a case study on the heritage of Purulia chhau dance from India
… that encapsulates the functionality of the cultural element in everyday life of the people. The analysis shows that there is a conscious process of cultural commodification, so that the commodification is not something to avoid that can only negatively impact the heritage, but something that …
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Rhetorical Imperialism
… second proposes an understanding of the novel’s cultural appropriation as an exploitative commodification of marginal identity. Here, the novel privileges imperial power by creating a narrative that functions as a continuation of imperial ideology and control through narrative. Both readings, …