Touristic world-making and fan pilgrimage in popular culture destinations /

Touristic world-making and fan pilgrimage in popular culture destinations / edited by Vassilios Ziakas, Christine Lundberg, Maria Lexhagen. - 240 pages. - Tourism and cultural change ; 64 . - Tourism and cultural change ; 64. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- -- Prologue -- -- Chapter 1. Vassilios Ziakas, Christine Lundberg and Maria Lexhagen: Introduction to Popular Culture Destinations: Contexts, Perspectives and Insights -- -- Part 1: Fandoms and Popular Culture Tourism Placemaking -- -- Chapter 2. Warwick Frost and Jennifer Frost: Commemorating Rock Stars: Exploring Fan Interactions at AC/DC and Chrissie Amphlett Lanes, Melbourne, Australia -- -- Chapter 3. Timo Thelen and Sangkyun Kim: The Emergence of Fan Pilgrimage Sites - Unintended and Intended -- -- Part 2: Heritage and Pilgrimage Journeys of Fans -- -- Chapter 4. Michael Fagence: 'Walking Battlefield Sites': An Experience of Secular Pilgrimage -- -- Chapter 5. Tatiana Chekalina, Maria Lexhagen, Christopher Hoffman and Gustav Grnskog: Gloomy or Exciting: Image, Engagement and Violent TV Drama in a Heritage Destination Setting -- -- Chapter 6. O. Hugo Benavides: Heritage and Pilgrimage Journeys in Hawaii: Where the Secular and Sacred Intersect -- -- Part 3: Digitalisation in Popular Culture Destinations -- -- Chapter 7. Lincoln Geraghty: Wish It Were Here: Fan Travel Vlogs as Virtual Spaces of Popular Culture Tourism -- -- Chapter 8. Kelly Palmer and Glen Thomas: @Bluey_Locations: The Brisbane Local as Bluey Tourist -- -- Chapter 9. Wen (Stella) Tian, Christine Lundberg and Alkmini Gkritzali: Millennials' Responses to Popular Culture-Induced Visual and Verbal Cues: An Eye-Tracking Investigation -- -- Part 4: Popular Culture Tourism Spaces and Imaginaries of the World -- -- Chapter 10. Nicholas Wise: (Re)Celebrating Baseball's Rural Nostalgia: Placemaking and Touristification in the Cornfields of Iowa -- -- Chapter 11. Rodanthi Tzanelli: Climate Disaster Films and Scholarly-Virtual Pilgrimage to Viable Planetary Futures -- -- Epilogue -- -- Chapter 12. Vassilios Ziakas, Christine Lundberg and Maria Lexhagen: Conclusions for Popular Culture Tourism Research: Progress and Problematics -- -- Index

This volume considers world-making as the intersection of the fan pilgrimage experience and the responses of destinations. It examines the emerging field of popular culture tourism and its connection with fan studies and placemaking. It integrates theory and practice and provides evidence-based recommendations for popular culture destinations. This volume considers world-making as the intersection of the fan pilgrimage experience and the responses of destinations. It critically examines the emerging field of popular culture tourism and its close connection with fan studies and placemaking. The chapters illustrate how different destinations capitalise on expressive cultural practices to attract fan tourists, the processes involved in their tourismification, and the outcomes for both visitors and local communities. The book establishes a common ground for the comprehensive and critical study of popular culture tourism development and fandom. It integrates theory and practice and provides evidence-based recommendations for popular culture destinations. It is a useful resource for researchers in tourism management, fandom, pop culture and media studies, as well as for those working in the tourism industry.

9781845418939 (pbk.) : 34.95 25.00 25.00

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Culture and tourism.
Popular culture and globalization.
Fans (Persons)
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Travel and Tourism.
Industry & industrial studies
Worship, rites & ceremonies
Popular culture
Media studies
Hospitality & service industries
Religion & beliefs

G156.5.H47 / T6995 2024

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