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Thanatourism and Cinematic Representations of Risk

Thanatourism and Cinematic Representations of Risk

Rodanthi Tzanelli

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2019
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Sociedad y cultura: general
ISBN:
9780367877583
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This book adopts an unorthodox approach to debates about ’the end of tourism’. Through twenty-first century cinematic narratives of symbolically interconnected ’risks’ it considers how art envisages the future of humanity’s well-being. Filmic scenarios articulate the futuristic survival of community as the triumph of the technological human

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