Culture and Value Tourism, Heritage, and Property

" Comprising a concatenation of previously published articles, as well as unpublished conference presentations, Culture and Value presents some of the most important scholarship on these topics in the field of folklore in an eminently readable form. "-Asian Ethnology
"This book provides some useful historical materials for those interested in the development of both the anthropological and folkloric aspects of heritage and tourism studies."-Choice
"Bendix has made a significant contribution to the study of cultural resources with Culture and Value. . . .It is a must read for scholars particularly interested in politics and the allocation of funding and personal rights over tangible and intangible culture."-Western Folklore
"Folklorists need to be 'in the room' as equal partners, whether as professional experts, advocates, or mediators. To attain this, the discipline needs to address the whole issue of cultural heritage as currently understood by a set of wider and influential interests, and develop empirical and theoretical approaches which embrace opportunities within emerging contexts, while maintaining the underlying essentials. Overall, [Culture and Value] is a valuable, possibly necessary, summary of changing attitudes and disciplinary approaches over the past half-century."-William Roberts, Folklore, reviewing a previous edition or volume