Leotta, Alfio.

Touring the screen : tourism and New Zealand film geographies / by Alfio Leotta. - Bristol ; Chicago : Intellect, c2011. - xii, 231 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references. Includes filmography.

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.

9781841504759 (pbk.)


Tourism and motion pictures.
Travelogues (Motion pictures)--History and criticism.--New Zealand
Tourism--Social aspects--New Zealand.
Motion picture industry--History--New Zealand--20th century.


New Zealand--In motion pictures.

791.4365893 / LEO 2011