Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores the interactions between tourism and media practices within a contemporary culture in which the consumption of images has become increasingly significant.
Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores the interactions between tourism and media practices within a contemporary culture in which ...
Tourism studies and media studies both address key issues about how we perceive the world. They raise acute questions about how we relate local knowledge and immediate experience to wider global processes and both play a major role in creating our map of national and international cultures. The Media and the Tourist Imagination adopts a multidisciplinary approach to explore the interactions between tourism and media practices within a contemporary culture in which the consumption of images has become increasingly significant. The contributions are divided between those written from media...
Tourism studies and media studies both address key issues about how we perceive the world. They raise acute questions about how we relate local knowle...
"Television and Criticism" unites distinguished scholars from the fields of literary criticism, media studies, and film studies to challenge the traditional boundaries between high and low culture. Through a theoretical lens, this volume addresses such topics as the blurring of genres, television and identity, and the sophistication of television audiences by examining examples from soap operas, televised adaptations of classic novels, film noir, and popular shows like "Queer as Folk," "Seinfeld," and "Ally McBeal." Ranging from Shakespeare to "Dragnet," this comprehensive study will interest...
"Television and Criticism" unites distinguished scholars from the fields of literary criticism, media studies, and film studies to challenge the tradi...