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Tourism, Indigeneity, and the Importance of Place: Fighting for Heritage at Australia's Last Frontier

Contributor(s): Wergin, Carsten (Author)

ISBN: 9781793648259

Publisher: Lexington Books

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Pub Date: December 21, 2023

Dewey: 919.9404

LCCN: 2023041667

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.75" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.24 lbs) 266 pages

Series: Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society

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Description: The book presents a long-term ethnographic study of arguably the largest environmental protest action in Australian history. Carsten Wergin offers a timely discussion of the sociocultural and political relevance of heritage and tourism for ecological preservation and the wider...

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Carsten Wergin's book, rooted in extensive research, emphasizes the central role of Indigeneity and the recognition of Aboriginal heritage values by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous protestors in resource debates. Wergin offers a groundbreaking contribution to the field, paving the way for a vision of a decolonized Australia in a post-resources boom era.

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