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| A FIELD THEORY TO THE PRODUCTION OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURISM DESTINATION——A Case Study of Zhouzhuang Ancient Town |
| GUO Wen1,2, HUANG Zhen-fang2 |
1. College of Geographical Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China;
2. School of Tourism Management, Wuxi Institute of Commerce, Wuxi 214153, China |
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Abstract Viewing from the Field Theory by Pierre Bourdieu and Space Production Theory by Lefebvre, based on the methods of in-depth interviews and participant observation, this paper analyzes the Multi-dimension of Space Production changing from Apposition Structure with Monism and Concentric Plan to Multiple Nested Structures with Concentric Plan in Zhouzhuang, the ancient water town south of Yangtze River. The results indicate that the space is characterized by endogenesis, autochthonous and ontology before the theory of tourism field came into being. It tended to take on the physical attribute. It belongs to exogenous and embedded construction space after the theory came into being. Then it tends to take on the social attribute. Tourism development causes the physical space landscapized, cultural space diversified and social space complicated. The tendency of spatial differentiation and fragmentation indicates that differential communities are transforming to the identical ones. Furthermore, it represents a mixed territorial mode. The dynamic mechanism of space production results from local nostalgia, the game between political powers behind the space production and the demonstrating effect of the community elites in space production. Based on these, this paper argues that with the quick development of tourism, the space of the ancient town is not inane. Production orientation should become the focus of attention.
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Received: 14 December 2011
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2013, Vol. 28 
