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Touring the screen : tourism and New Zealand film geographies /

"Following the success of prominent feature films shot on location, including Tolkien’s wildly popular The Lord of the Rings, New Zealand boasts an impressive film tourism industry. This book examines the relationship between New Zealand’s cinematic representation—as both a vast expanse of natu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leotta, Alfio
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago, IL : Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early New Zealand films and western voy(ag)eurs
  • 1940-1990 : New Zealand film landscapes for prospective 'cinenauts'
  • The legacy of The piano : film-tourist geographies and the aesthetic of the sublime
  • From Ngati to Whale rider : the filmic journey of the Indigenous traveller
  • From Mt. Fuji to Mt. Taranaki : D'paysement and celebrity worship in The last samurai
  • 'Welcome to New Zealand, home of middle earth' : heterotopian impulse, western anxiety and spatial identity in The lord of the rings
  • Conclusions.