The Media and the Tourist Imagination : Converging Cultures

ISBN-13: 9780415326254 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 256 str.

David Crouch; Rhona Jackson; Felix Thompson

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'A ground-breaking collection that that brings forth new ideas for the critical analysis of the interface between tourism and media studies.'

- Dr Kevin Hannam, University of Sunderland

'This thought-provoking volume diversely maps the overlapping contours of the real and imaginary domains of tourism and media, and the complex landscapes we navigate on journeys through screens, sounds and scenery.'
- Mark Neumann, University of South Florida

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Mediating Tourism: Analysing the Caribbean Holiday Experience in the UK National Press 3. Media Makes Mardi Gras Tourism Mecca 4. Inter/Intra-Textual Ruralities and the Televisual Tourist 5. Amber Films and Documentary: The Validity of Visual Representation 6. 'On the Actual Street' 7. Tourism, Popular Music and the Media 8. 'Troubles Tourism': The Terrorism Theme Park on and off Screen 9. Screening Stirling 10. 'I was here': Pixilated Evidence 11. 'I'm Only Here For The Beer': Post-Tourism and the Recycling of French Heritage Films 12. 'We're Not Here to Make a Film about Italy, We're Here to Make a Film about ME...': Changing Conventions in British Television Holiday Programmes 13. Tourism and Television: Some Similarities 14. Culture Industry; Culture Clash; Identity Crisis 15. Journeying in The Third World: From Third Cinema to Tourist Cinema 16. Discovering America?: Experiencing the USA in the UK

O autorze

David Crouch is Professor of Cultural Geography, Tourism and Leisure, and Rhona Jackson and Felix Thompson are Lecturers in Film and Television Studies at The University of Derby.