J.J. Zhang
Borders on the move : cross-strait tourists’ material moments on ‘the other side’ in the midst of rapprochement between China and Taiwan
Zhang, J.J.
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Abstract
This paper forms part of an endeavour to elicit the cultural-geo-politics of rapprochement tourism between China and Taiwan from a grounded approach. It seeks to examine cross-strait tourists’ travel experiences on ‘the other side’ through the lens of ‘border’, ‘materiality’ and ‘identity’ in an attempt to move beyond the often state-centric analyses of cross-strait ties. Discussion shows that travel documents that are close to the personal or those that are part and parcel of a touring experience are far from inert; they participate in the social and political lives of their owners, feature in bordering practices between the Chinese and the Taiwanese, and are often platforms through which identities are performed. Importantly too, as the various travel narratives reveal, the ubiquitous border certainly does not exist only in its physical form; imagined and perceived social borders are equally potent in (re)shaping cross-strait relations. A study that captures the often neglected field of comparative tourists’ travel experiences is timely in the advent of a warming relationship between China and Taiwan and the unprecedented increase in tourism exchanges that ensues.
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Zhang, J. (2013). Borders on the move : cross-strait tourists’ material moments on ‘the other side’ in the midst of rapprochement between China and Taiwan. Geoforum, 48, 94-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.04.014
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Aug 1, 2013 |
Deposit Date | May 24, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 14, 2013 |
Journal | Geoforum |
Print ISSN | 0016-7185 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 48 |
Pages | 94-101 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.04.014 |
Keywords | Border, Materiality, Identity, Rapprochement tourism, China, Taiwan. |
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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Geoforum. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Geoforum, 48, 2013, 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.04.014
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