Thanatourism and Cinematic Representations of Risk - Screening the End of Tourism

This book adopts an unorthodox approach to debates about 'the end of tourism'. Through twenty-first century cinematic narratives of symbolically interconnected 'risks' it considers how art envisages the future of humanity's well-being. Filmic scenarios articulate the futuristic survival of community as the triumph of the technological human

List of contents

Introduction: Outline of the book 1. Governmobility, risk and cine-tourism: Looking back, looking forward 2. Heritage entropy and dark pilgrimage: Production-as-consumption fields and multiple temporalities 3. Escape from Johannesburg and return to dark roots 4. Humorous tonality, dark heart: From District 9’s zombies to African aesthetics 5. Contested realities: Implementing technologies of darkest tourism on virtual post-colonies 6. Conclusion: Who speaks of darkness in futurist design?

About the author

Rodanthi Tzanelli is Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. Her research interests include globalisation, cosmopolitanism and mobility, with emphasis on tourism, migration, social movements and art theory. She is author of over 60 articles and another eight monographs, including 'Mobility, Modernity and the Slum: The Real and Virtual Journeys of Slumdog Millionaire' (2015).

Summary

This book adopts an unorthodox approach to debates about ‘the end of tourism’. Through twenty-first century cinematic narratives of symbolically interconnected ‘risks’ it considers how art envisages the future of humanity’s well-being. Filmic scenarios articulate the futuristic survival of community as the triumph of the technological human

Product details

• Authors: Rodanthi Tzanelli, Rodanthi (University of Leeds Tzanelli
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367877583
• ISBN: 978-0-367-87758-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society and culture: general, Film Theory & Criticism, Tourism industry, Hospitality and service industries, Film history, theory or criticism