'Because of its multidisciplinary approach, which draws upon historical studies, social theory, moral economy, critical and cultural geography, anthropology and media studies, the book will surely interest different audiences. Students and scholars willing to explore the intricacies of late modernity will find in The Cinematic Tourist a wealth of stimulating theoretical insights and empirical data.'-Giovanni Porfido,University of Birmingham, in Sociology vol 44 no 4 p787-789

• 1. The World of Signs: Production as Consumption/Consumption as Production  2. Pitfalls of the ‘Tourist Gaze’: Ecotourist Dialogues and the Politics of Global Resistance  3. ‘National Elf Services’: Organized Capitalism as Resistance  4. Corelli Goes to Hollywood: Crypto-Colonial Histories and Local Resistance  5. ‘Welcome to the Land of Salsa’: Lifestyle and the Curse of Orientalism  6. Farewell to Authenticity? Capitalist/Cultural Hegemony and the Structure of Resistance

'Because of its multidisciplinary approach, which draws upon historical studies, social theory, moral economy, critical and cultural geography, anthropology and media studies, the book will surely interest different audiences. Students and scholars willing to explore the intricacies of late modernity will find in The Cinematic Tourist a wealth of stimulating theoretical insights and empirical data.'-Giovanni Porfido,University of Birmingham, in Sociology vol 44 no 4 p787-789

• 1. The World of Signs: Production as Consumption/Consumption as Production  2. Pitfalls of the ‘Tourist Gaze’: Ecotourist Dialogues and the Politics of Global Resistance  3. ‘National Elf Services’: Organized Capitalism as Resistance  4. Corelli Goes to Hollywood: Crypto-Colonial Histories and Local Resistance  5. ‘Welcome to the Land of Salsa’: Lifestyle and the Curse of Orientalism  6. Farewell to Authenticity? Capitalist/Cultural Hegemony and the Structure of Resistance

'Because of its multidisciplinary approach, which draws upon historical studies, social theory, moral economy, critical and cultural geography, anthropology and media studies, the book will surely interest different audiences. Students and scholars willing to explore the intricacies of late modernity will find in The Cinematic Tourist a wealth of stimulating theoretical insights and empirical data.'-Giovanni Porfido,University of Birmingham, in Sociology vol 44 no 4 p787-789

• 1. The World of Signs: Production as Consumption/Consumption as Production  2. Pitfalls of the ‘Tourist Gaze’: Ecotourist Dialogues and the Politics of Global Resistance  3. ‘National Elf Services’: Organized Capitalism as Resistance  4. Corelli Goes to Hollywood: Crypto-Colonial Histories and Local Resistance  5. ‘Welcome to the Land of Salsa’: Lifestyle and the Curse of Orientalism  6. Farewell to Authenticity? Capitalist/Cultural Hegemony and the Structure of Resistance