The Media and the Tourist Imagination: Converging Cultures (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility)

Tourism studies and media studies both address key issues about how we perceive the world. They raise acute questions about how we relate local knowledge and immediate experience to wider global processes, and they both play a major role in creating our map of national and international cultures. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores the interactions between tourism and media practices within a contemporary culture in which the consumption of images has become increasingly significant. A number of common themes and concerns arise, and the contributions included are divided between those: written from media studies awareness perspective, concerned with the way the media imagines travel and tourism written from the point of view of the study of tourism, considering how tourism practices are affected or altered by the media that attempt a direct comparison between the practices of tourism and the media. Incorporating case study material from the UK, the Caribbean, Australia, the US, France and Switzerland, this significant text - ideal for students of culture, media and tourism studies - discusses tourism and the media as separate processes through which identity is constructed in relation to space and place. Tourism Studies And Media Studies Both Address Key Issues About How We Perceive The World. They Raise Acute Questions About How We Relate Local Knowledge And Immediate Experience To Wider Global Processes, And They Both Play A Major Role In Creating Our Map Of National And International Cultures. Adopting A Multidisciplinary Approach, This Book Explores The Interactions Between Tourism And Media Practices Within A Contemporary Culture In Which The Consumption Of Images Has Become Increasingly Significant. A Number Of Common Themes And Concerns Arise, And The Contributions Included Are Divided Between Those: Written From Media Studies Awareness Perspective, Concerned With The Way The Media Imagines Travel And Tourism Written From The Point Of View Of The Study Of Tourism, Considering How Tourism Practices Are Affected Or Altered By The Media That Attempt A Direct Comparison Between The Practices Of Tourism And The Media. Incorporating Case Study Material From England, The Caribbean, Australia, The Us, France And Switzerland, This Significant Text, Ideal For Students Of Culture, Media And Tourism Studies, Discusses Tourism And The Media As Separate Processes Through Which Identity Is Constructed In Relation To Space And Place. 1. Introduction -- 2. Mediating Tourism: Analysing The Caribbean Holiday Experience In The Uk National Press -- 3. Media Makes Mardi Gras Tourism Mecca -- 4. Inter/intra-textual Ruralities And The Televisual Tourist -- 5. Amber Films And Documentary: The Validity Of Visual Representation -- 6. 'on The Actual Street' -- 7. Tourism, Popular Music And The Media -- 8. 'troubles Tourism': The Terrorism Theme Park On And Off Screen -- 9. Screening Stirling -- 10. 'i Was Here': Pixilated Evidence -- 11. 'i'm Only Here For The Beer': Post-tourism And The Recycling Of French Heritage Films -- 12. 'we're Not Here To Make A Film About Italy, We're Here To Make A Film About Me ... ': Changing Conventions In British Television Holiday Programmes -- 13. Tourism And Television: Some Similarities -- 14. Culture Industry; Culture Clash; Identity Crisis -- 15. Journeying In The Third World: From Third Cinema To Tourist Cinema -- 16. Discovering America?: Experiencing The Usa In The Uk. Edited By David Crouch, Rhona Jackson And Felix Thompson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Illustrations......Page 10 Contributors......Page 12 1 Introduction......Page 16 2 Mediating tourism......Page 29 3 Media Makes Mardi Gras Tourism Mecca......Page 42 4 Amber Films,documentary and encounters......Page 57 5 On the actual street......Page 75 6 Screaming at The Moptops......Page 91 7 ‘Troubles Tourism ’......Page 107 8 Mediating William Wallace......Page 120 9 Mobile viewers......Page 134 10 ‘I was here ’......Page 150 11 ‘I ’m only here for the beer ’......Page 158 12 ‘We are not here to make a film about Italy, we are here to make a film about ME ...’......Page 169 13 Tourists and television viewers......Page 185 14 Converging cultures; Converging gazes; contextualizing perspectives......Page 198 15 Producing America......Page 213 16 Journeying in the Third World......Page 230 Index......Page 245 Tourism and media studies both address key issues about how we perceive the world. This text explores the interactions between tourism and the media, such as the way the media portrays the travel experience, and the ways in which both construct an identity of place and space