Authentic and inauthentic places in tourism : from heritage sites to theme parks / Jane Lovell and Chris Bull.

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.