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The Paradox of Paradise
William Nichols
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte
Beschreibung
The Paradox of Paradise focuses on the trajectory of urban coastal tourism in Spain from the late Franco years to the present through the lens of Spanish cultural production. "Sun and fun" destinations like Torremolinos (located in the Costa del Sol) and Benidorm (located in the Costa Blanca) established a model for urban renewal that literally built the coasts to accommodate and expand foreign tourism as the driving force of the so-called Spanish Economic Miracle.
In addition to inserting the coasts into the scope of Iberian urban studies (typically dominated by studies of Madrid and Barcelona), this project breaks new ground by bringing to the fore unexplored cultural artifacts vital to the narrative of development along the coasts in Spain—in particular the ubiquitous tourist postcard, which advances not only the post-Franco economic miracle, but does so by highlighting the transformation of the actual Spanish landscape along its coasts.
The Paradox of Paradise features more than twenty-five striking images of coastal Spain in the throes of its own coming of age. Author William J. Nichols has unlocked a strange, self-conscious archive that tells us as much about our own age of advertising as it does about the hotels and resorts and people on display.
Kundenbewertungen
Costa Blanca, Spanish Literature, Urban Design, 2008 Financial Crisis, Cultural Studies, Gentrification, Torremolinos, Leisure Studies, Iberian Studies, Travel, Spanish Politics, Theme Park, Non-places, Film, Tourism, Visual Culture, Gender Studies, Photography, "Tourist Gaze, Sites of consumption, Privatization, Benidorm, Creative Destruction, Cultural Commodification, Nation Branding, Popular Culture, Cultural Appropriation, Marshall Plan, Spanish Economic Miracle, Spanish Film, Modernization, Postcards, Coasta del Sol, Urban Studies, Literary Criticism, Capitalism, Spanish History, Souvenirs, Urban Development, Turistophobia, Coastal Development, Economic Development, Political Corruption, Spain, Spectacle Society, Modernity, Placemaking, Consumption, " John Urry, Manuel Fraga, Dean MacCannell, Tourist Brochures, Andalucía, Material Culture, Coastal Tourism, Tourism Policy, Eco-criticism