Touring the screen : tourism and New Zealand film geographies / Alfio Leotta.

By:

Leotta, Alfio

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chicago, IL : Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xii, 231 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781841505848
1841505846

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

791.43/65893

LOC classification:

PN1995.9.N494 L46 2011eb

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Contents:

Early New Zealand films and western voy(ag)eurs -- 1940-1990 : New Zealand film landscapes for prospective 'cinenauts' -- The legacy of The piano : film-tourist geographies and the aesthetic of the sublime -- From Ngati to Whale rider : the filmic journey of the indigenous traveller -- From Mt. Fuji to Mt. Taranaki : D'paysement and celebrity worship in The last samurai -- 'Welcome to New Zealand, home of middle earth' : heterotopian impulse, western anxiety and spatial identity in The lord of the rings -- Conclusions.

Summary: Following the success of prominent feature films shot on location, including Tolkien's wildly popular The Lord of the Rings, New Zealand boasts an impressive film tourism industry. This book examines the relationship between New Zealand's cinematic representation - as both a vast expanse of natural beauty and a magical world of fantasy on screen - and its tourism imagery, including the ways in which savvy local tourism boards have in recent decades used the country's film representations to sell New Zealand as a premiere travel destination. Focusing on the films that have had a strong impact o.

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Following the success of prominent feature films shot on location, including Tolkien's wildly popular The Lord of the Rings, New Zealand boasts an impressive film tourism industry. This book examines the relationship between New Zealand's cinematic representation - as both a vast expanse of natural beauty and a magical world of fantasy on screen - and its tourism imagery, including the ways in which savvy local tourism boards have in recent decades used the country's film representations to sell New Zealand as a premiere travel destination. Focusing on the films that have had a strong impact o.

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