1st Edition

Globalized Nostalgia Tourism, Heritage, and the Politics of Place

By Christina M. Ceisel Copyright 2018
164 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In Globalized Nostalgia , Christina Ceisel shows how national identity is being remade for the global marketplace. Through media, cultural events, foodways, and personal narratives, we see how notions of the past are mobilized towards varied political, economic, and cultural ends. In Galicia, Spain, Ceisel points towards tourism as one mode of cosmopolitan engagement, revisiting food... Read more

Preface

1. Introduction: The City of Culture

2. The Library and Archive of Galicia: Memory, Heritage, and History

3. Gaiás Center Museum: Cultural Performances

4. Center for Creative Enterprising of Galicia: Transnational Commodity Culture

5. Centre for Cultural Innovation: Cultural Policymaking

6. Conclusion: Cantina

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Biography

Christina M. Ceisel is Assistant Professor of Communications at California State University, Fullerton. She holds her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a M.A. from the University of Chicago.