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Author Donald, Stephanie.

Title Tourism and the branded city : film and identity on the Pacific Rim / Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, John G. Gammack
Published Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
©2007

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 MELB  910.688 Don/Tat  AVAILABLE
Description x, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Series New directions in tourism analysis
New directions in tourism analysis.
Contents Introduction: An Argument for the Cinematic City -- 1. A Discussion of Method -- 2. Branding the City -- 3. Structures of Attention and the 'City of Life' (Hong Kong) -- 4. Flatlands Revisited -- 5. Chromatic Contours -- 6. Shanghai: World City? -- 7. The Future of City Branding
Summary Comparing Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai, this book examines world city branding. Whilst all three cities compete on the world's stage for events, tourists and investment, they are also at the centre of distinct film traditions and their identities are thus strongly connected with a cinematic impression. Aust authors
Analysis SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA
Notes Includes filmography
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-208) and index
Subject Tourism -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
Tourism -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Marketing.
Tourism -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Marketing
Tourism -- China -- Hong Kong -- Marketing.
Tourism -- China -- Shanghai -- Marketing.
Tourism -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong.
Tourism -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai.
Tourism -- Social aspects -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
Author Gammack, John G.
LC no. 2007009694
ISBN 9780754648291 alkaline paper
Other Titles Film and identity on the Pacific Rim