China: Rehabilitating Festivals
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2016
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Goodfellow Publishers
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This chapter explores how after years of neglect and persecution China has now rehabilitated festivals and given them a new role in contemporary society. The case study focus's on the place of festivals in the coastal city of Lianyungang at a time of economic growth and development, and looks at the relationship between festivals and tourism.
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Newbold, C., and Xiang, M. (2016) China: Rehabilitating Festivals. In: C. Newbold, and J. Jordan (eds.) Focus on World Festivals: contemporary case studies and perspectives. Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers.