Maags, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-5849-2536 (2021) Common, luxury and fake commodities: intangible cultural heritage markets in China. China Perspectives, 2021 (3). pp. 7-17. ISSN 2070-3449
Abstract
Can traditional cultural practices thrive if they are commercialised? Or should the state protect them from “the market”? This study investigates these questions by studying the marketisation of traditional handicrafts in the tourism sector of Nanjing municipality (Jiangsu Province, China). Building on Boltanski and Esquerre’s (2020) work on the “enrichment economy,” I find that state-led marketisation efforts have simultaneously raised and distorted the value of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) commodities in China. Many ICH inheritors are stuck in the middle: although they benefit from enhanced recognition and valorisation of ICH products, they face difficulties in competing with “fake” and luxury ICH commodities. ICH commodities are thus characterised by an “in-between” status – between the enriched and the mass economy.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 |
Keywords: | China; intangible cultural heritage (ICH); commodities; markets; luxury; fake |
Dates: |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of East Asian Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2022 15:05 |
Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2022 15:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Centre d'étude français sur la Chine contemporaine |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.4000/chinaperspectives.12184 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:193341 |