Places of the Imagination : Media, Tourism, Culture.

ISBN:

9781317080466

Title:

Author:

Reijnders, Stijn.

Personal Author:

Reijnders, Stijn.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages)

Contents:

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- 2 Places of the Imagination -- Part I TV Detectives -- 3 The Guilty Landscape of the TV Detective -- 4 Doing the TV Detective Tour -- Part II James Bond -- 5 Media Pilgrimages into the World of James Bond -- 6 On the Track of 007 -- Part III Dracula -- 7 Stalking the Count -- 8 Conclusion: The Magic of Imagining -- Appendix -- Filmography -- References -- Index.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Tourism-Social aspects.

Culture and tourism.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2011

Publication Information:

London :

Taylor & Francis Group,

2011.

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Summary

Recent years have seen an explosive growth in the phenomenon of people visiting locations from popular novels, films or television series. Places of the Imagination presents a timely and insightful analysis of this form of media tourism, exploring the question of how best to explain the increasing popularity of media tourism within contemporary culture. Drawing on extensive empirical and interview material, this book examines the representation of landscapes in popular narratives that have inspired media tourism, whilst also investigating the effects over time of such tourism on local landscapes, and the processes by which tourists appropriate the landscape, experiencing and accommodating them into their imagination. Oriented around three central case studies of popular television detective shows, famous films and classic literature, Places of the Imagination develops a new theoretical understanding of media tourism. As such, it will appeal to sociologists and cultural geographers, as well as those working in the fields of media and cultural studies, popular and fan culture, tourism and the sociology of leisure.

Author Notes

Stijn Reijnders is Associate Professor in Cultural Heritage, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands