02660 am 22005653u 450 991021986470332120201015093122.01-78533-387-91-78533-473-5(CKB)3800000000216133(WaSeSS)IndRDA00124507(OCoLC)1030820427(ScCtBLL)8aa118a4-18b7-4d5b-94d0-f9f24260778a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35084(PPN)226843807(EXLCZ)99380000000021613320200612d2017 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFootprints in paradise ecotourism, local knowledge, and therapies in Okinawal knowledge, and therapies in Okinawa /Andrea E. MurrayBerghahn Books2017New York ;Oxford, England :Berghahn Books,2017.1 online resource (xiv, 171 pages)New Directions in Anthropology ;Volume 401-78533-386-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.In Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan, "ecotourism" promises to provide employment for a dwindling population of rural youth while preserving the natural environment and bolstering regional pride. Footprints in Paradise centers on how Okinawans' sense of place is transforming rapidly, along with language, landscapes, cultural traditions, and wildlife: from marginalized and exoticized island phenomena into global heritage resources worth cherishing by insiders and outsiders. Footprints in Paradise is intended for readers interested in the anthropology of US-Japan-Okinawa relations, tourism and island environments, the politics of ecological sustainability, and the shifting ethics of human-animal relationships in the early twenty-first century.New directions in anthropology ;Volume 40.Footprints in paradise: Ethnography of Ecotourism, Local Knowledge and Nature Therapies in OkinawaEcotourismJapanOkinawa IslandEconomic developmentJapanOkinawa IslandAnthropologyCoralEcotourismJapanMongooseOkinawa PrefectureEcotourismEconomic development338.479152294Murray Andrea E.907141WaSeSSWaSeSSBOOK9910219864703321Footprints in paradise2029383UNINA