Lovell, Jane,

Authentic and inauthentic places in tourism : from heritage sites to theme parks / Jane Lovell and Chris Bull. - New York : New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. - vi, 221 pages ; 25 cm. - Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility ; 69 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historic cities : from museumification to places of origin -- The restoration and reproduction of historic sites : from the Ship of Theseus to mechanistic authentication -- Cities as stage sets : from gentrification and festival market places to hipster places -- Site-specific art : from magical realism and creative placemaking to simulacra -- The seaside resort : from piers and promenades to nostalgic authenticity -- The rural idyll : from cultural countryside to constructed authenticity -- Wilderness regions : from mountains and national parks to existential authenticity -- Squaring the circle of authenticity in film and photography : from mass-reproduction, to the punctum -- Events and places : from giant spectaculars and carnival masks to hyperreality -- Variations on a theme, the imagineering of authenticity : from theme parks and museums to shopping malls.

9780367369187 9781138936706 (hbk)


Tourism.
Authenticity (Philosophy)

G155.A1 / L596 2018

338.4/79104