1st Edition

Thanatourism and Cinematic Representations of Risk Screening the End of Tourism

By Rodanthi Tzanelli Copyright 2016
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In today’s world, the need to eliminate natural and human-made disasters has been at the forefront of national and international socio-political agendas. The management of risks such as terrorism, labour strikes, protests and environmental degradation has become pivotal for countries that depend on their economy’s tourist sector. Indeed, there is fear that that ‘the end of tourism’ might be nigh... Read more

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?





 

Biography

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).