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Touring the screen : tourism and New Zealand film geographies / by Alfio Leotta.

By: Leotta, Alfio.
Publisher: Bristol ; Chicago : Intellect, c2011Description: xii, 231 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781841504759 (pbk.).Subject(s): Tourism and motion pictures | Travelogues (Motion pictures) -- New Zealand -- History and criticism | Tourism -- Social aspects -- New Zealand | Motion picture industry -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century | New Zealand -- In motion picturesDDC classification: 791.4365893
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.
Item type Current location Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU
791.4365893 LEO 2011 (Browse shelf) 1 Available SHTEx,70005,03,CL 5000127546

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.