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DOI: https://doi.org/10.11821/yj2011110008

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Construction of Mosuo men's cultural identity under the romantic relationship with female tourists

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  • 1. Tourism Management Department, Zengcheng College of South China Normal University, Guangzhou 511363, China;
    2. School of Geography, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China;
    3. Ecotourism Faculty, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China

Received date: 2011-05-21

  Revised date: 2011-08-12

  Online published: 2011-11-20

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Abstract

Unlike the western academic circles, there are few studies on romance tourism in China. In Lugu Lake basin, Southwest China, the relationship between Mosuo men and female tourists is a particular case in romance tourism due to matriarchy prevailing among Mosuo people. The relationship derived from Mosuo traditional Walking Marriage can be defined as Tourism Walking Marriage. By means of interviewing Mosuo people and analyzing internet discourse, the author demonstrates that this new cultural phenomenon is the result influenced by the blending of Mosuo culture and Han culture, the misunderstanding of internet discourse, and the interaction of tourism. Through interaction between the tourists and destination, the placeness has been continuously expressed, experienced and reconstructed. This romantic relationship consolidates Mosuo men's cultural identity and develops their recessive cultural identity into a definite awareness of their own cultural identity.

Key words： romance tourism; Mosuo men; cultural identity; Lugu Lake

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WEI Lei, ZHU Hong, TANG Xue-qiong . Construction of Mosuo men's cultural identity under the romantic relationship with female tourists[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 2011 , 30(11) : 2017 -2029 . DOI: 10.11821/yj2011110008

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