The cinematic tourist : explorations in globalization, culture and resistance / Rodanthi Tzanelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tzanelli, Rodanthi, 1974-

Series:

International library of sociology.

International library of sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Motion pictures.

Culture in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent years have seen a radical transformation of conventional tourist marketing and experience. The use of exotic locations in Hollywood films has allowed global audiences to enjoy distant places. Simultaneously, Hollywood screening of potential 'tourist paradises' has generated new tourist industries around the world. This book takes a closer look at this new phenomenon of 'cinematic tourism', combining theory with case studies drawn from four continents: America, Europe, Asia and Australasia. The author explores audiences' perceptions of film and their covert relationship

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The world of signs: Production as consumption/consumption as production; 2 Pitfalls of the 'tourist gaze': Ecotourist dialogues and the politics of global resistance; 3 'National elf services': Organized capitalism as resistance; 4 Corelli goes to Hollywood: Cryptocolonial histories and local resistance; 5 'Welcome to the land of salsa': Lifestyle and the curse of Orientalism; 6 Farewell to authenticity?: Capitalist/cultural hegemony and the structure of resistance; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-174) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-16082-8

1-134-16083-6

1-280-90704-5

9786610907045

0-203-94010-5

9780203940105

OCLC:

476180983