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Author Tzanelli, Rodanthi, 1974-

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

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 180 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series International library of sociology
International library of sociology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-174) and index.
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.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Tourism.
Tourism.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
Culture in motion pictures.
Culture in motion pictures.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Tzanelli, Rodanthi, 1974- Cinematic tourist. London ; New York : Routledge, 2007 0415394139 9780415394130 (DLC) 2006024739 (OCoLC)70866878
ISBN 9780203940105 (electronic book)
0203940105 (electronic book)
0415394139 (Cloth)
9780415394130 (hardcover)