Familiarity and novelty in aesthetic appreciation: The case of intangible cultural heritage in China

ShiNa Li, Puyue Zhang and Emma Wood

Annals of Tourism Research, 2024, vol. 105, issue C

Abstract: International cultural heritage is of growing interest in terms of Chinese policy and as an important element of the tourist experience. This paper seeks to better understand the elements that lead to aesthetic appreciation of Chinese opera focusing on the seemingly opposite concepts of familiarity and novelty. It uses a novel mixed methods approach combining lab-based and field studies and incorporating physiological response measures and interviews.

Keywords: Familiarity; Novelty; Aesthetic appreciation; Intangible cultural heritage; Cultural tourism; Electrodermal activity; Emotion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2023.103696

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