Cosmopolitan memory in Europe's 'backwaters' : rethinking civility / / Rodanthi Tzanelli

• Autore: Tzanelli Rodanthi <1974-, >
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Disciplina: 949.5
• Soggetto topico: National characteristics, Greek; Culture and tourism - Greece; Tourism - Social aspects - Greece; Motion pictures - Social aspects; Culture in motion pictures
• Soggetto geografico: Skiathos Island (Greece); Skopelos Island (Greece)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Cosmopolitan Memory in Europe's 'Backwaters'; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; 1. Ethnographic fiction and autobiographical 'truth'; 2. Orientalist vision and the carnivalesque of'revelations'; 3. Foreground to background: from locality to 'nation'; 4. 'The winner takes it all': the coming of secondmodernity; 5. The Original Theft (and other treacherousreligiosities); 6. Leviathan revealed; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Cosmpolitan Memory in Europe's 'Backwaters' reconsiders the definitional relationships of 'national character' and 'national heritage' in the context of Western industrial modernity. Taking as a case study the Greek islands of Skiathos and Skopelos which served as cinematic locations for the blockbuster Mamma Mia! (2008), the book explores how national identity - once shaped by political, cultural and religious practices - can now be reduced to little more than an ideal, created and sold globally by Western industries such as tourism and film. Tzanelli argues
• Titolo autorizzato: Cosmopolitan memory in Europe's 'backwaters
• ISBN: 1-136-74159-3; 0-203-81921-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462172803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II