“This Is Not a Powerspot”: Heritage Tourism, Sacred Space, and Conflicts of Authority at Sēfa Utaki

The sacred grove Sēfa Utaki was one of the most important worship sites of the Ryukyu Kingdom (1429-1879). In 2000 it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and in recent years it has seen a dramatic increase in the number of visitors. The emergence of large-scale heritage tourism at Sēfa...

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Main Author: Rots, Aike P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Univ. 2019
In: Asian ethnology
Year: 2019, Volume: 78, Issue: 1, Pages: 155-180
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