Cosmopolitan memory in Europe's 'backwaters' : rethinking civility / Rodanthi Tzanelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tzanelli, Rodanthi, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mamma mia! (Motion picture : 2008).

National characteristics, Greek.

Culture and tourism--Greece.

Culture and tourism.

Tourism--Social aspects--Greece.

Tourism.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Motion pictures.

Culture in motion pictures.

Skiathos Island (Greece).

Skopelos Island (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cosmpolitan Memory in Europe's 'Backwaters' reconsiders the definitional relationships of 'national character' and 'national heritage' in the context of Western industrial modernity. Taking as a case study the Greek islands of Skiathos and Skopelos which served as cinematic locations for the blockbuster Mamma Mia! (2008), the book explores how national identity - once shaped by political, cultural and religious practices - can now be reduced to little more than an ideal, created and sold globally by Western industries such as tourism and film. Tzanelli argues

Contents:

Front Cover; Cosmopolitan Memory in Europe's 'Backwaters'; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; 1. Ethnographic fiction and autobiographical 'truth'; 2. Orientalist vision and the carnivalesque of'revelations'; 3. Foreground to background: from locality to 'nation'; 4. 'The winner takes it all': the coming of secondmodernity; 5. The Original Theft (and other treacherousreligiosities); 6. Leviathan revealed; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-74158-5

1-136-74159-3

0-203-81921-7

9780203819210

OCLC:

784881804