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The cinematic tourist : explorations in globalization, culture and resistance
Author
Title
The cinematic tourist : explorations in globalization, culture and resistance / Rodanthi Tzanelli.
ISBN
0203940105
9780203940105
0415394139
9780415394130
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 180 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
This book takes a closer look at the phenomenon of 'cinematic tourism', exploring audiences' perceptions of film and their covert relationship with tourist advertizing campaigns, alongside the nature of, and resistance to, newly-born tourist industries.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Tzanelli, Rodanthi, 1974- Cinematic tourist. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
International library of sociology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-174) and index.
Contents
Chapter 1 The world of signs: Production as consumption/consumption as production
chapter 2 Pitfalls of the 'tourist gaze': Ecotourist dialogues and the politics of global resistance
chapter 3 'National elf services': Organized capitalism as resistance
chapter 4 Corelli goes to Hollywood: Cryptocolonial histories and local resistance
chapter 5 'Welcome to the land of salsa': Lifestyle and the curse of Orientalism
chapter 6 Farewell to authenticity? Capitalist/cultural hegemony and the structure of resistance.
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