In recent years, nations have regained prominence as central symbols of political unity and mobilization, and proved capable of serving political goals across the political spectrum. Yet, the current revival of the national extends well beyond the realm of politics; it is anchored in the logic of global capitalism, and has become inextricably intertwined with the practices of promotion and consumption. Our article seeks to map the interface between nationalism and economic life, and bring some clarity to the so far fragmented debate on the topic, which developed under diverse headings such as ‘economic nationalism’, ‘nation branding’, ‘consumer ethnocentrism’ and ‘commercial nationalism’. We focus more closely on developing the concept of consumer nationalism, which received little sustained attention in cultural studies and in social sciences and humanities more generally. We offer a definition of consumer nationalism, situate it vis-a-vis the broader phenomena of economic nationalism and political consu...

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Selling and consuming the nation: Understanding consumer nationalism:

The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism provides a comprehensive overview of the research into the convergence of media and tourism and specifically investigates the concept of mediatized tourism.This companion offers a holistic look at the relationship between media and tourism by drawing from a global range of contributions by scholars from disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. The book is divided into five parts, covering diverse aspects of mediatization of tourism including place and space, representation, cultural production, and transmedia. It features a comprehensive theoretical introduction and an afterword by leading scholars in this emerging field, delving into the ways in which different forms of media content and consumption converge, and the consequential effects on tourism and tourists.The collection is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of tourism studies, cultural studies, and media and communication, as well as those with a particular interest in mediatization, convergence culture, and contemporary culture. (Less)

The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism

This article argues that international conservation and heritage governance are now entering new and historically important phases. The economic and political shifts that characterize globalization...

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Heritage conservation futures in an age of shifting global power

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The evolution of Chinese soft power: its international and domestic roles

Social media is said to radically change the way in which public communication takes place: information diffuses faster and can reach a large number of people, but what makes the process so novel is that online networks can empower people to compete with traditional broadcasters or public figures. This book critically interrogates the contemporary relevance of social networks as a set of economic, cultural and political enterprises and as a public sphere in which a variety of political and socio-cultural demands can be met. It examines policy, regulatory and socio-cultural issues arising from the transformation of communication to a multi-layered sphere of online and social networks. The central theme of the book is to address the following questions: Are online and social networks an unstoppable democratizing and mobilizing force? Is there a need for policy and intervention to ensure the development of comprehensive and inclusive social networking frameworks? Social media are viewed both as a tool that allows citizens to influence policymaking, and as an object of new policies and regulations, such as data retention, privacy and copyright laws, around which citizens are mobilizing.

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Public Spheres and Mediated Social Networks in the Western Context and Beyond

Daya Kishan Thussu's Communicating India's Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood is an elegant and insightful inspection of India's ever-growing soft power and her emerging global presence. As the title ...

Communicating India's soft power: Buddha to Bollywood

This paper is a case study of utilizing modern technology to tap into the kinesiology of Kathakali, one of India's eight classical dance forms. Kathakali is a highly stylized and opulent dance-drama that originated nearly five hundred years ago. Its performers draw from a vast dictionary of highly developed and sophisticated repertoire of gestures, expressions, and movements. Motion capture technology was employed to encapsulate the temporal, 3-dimensional positional data of a chosen Kathakali performance. The initial analysis of the acquired motion capture data of Kathakali has revealed several possibilities; from the technical, artistic as well as pedagogical point of views. By archiving a piece of a five-hundred-year-old tradition, and redeploying the acquired data, the author has successfully tapped into the tangible and intangible heritage of an ancient civilization. The acquired data is successfully being employed to drive a new age abstract animation film.

Biju Dhanapalan

Papers

Communicating India's soft power: Buddha to Bollywood

Capturing Kathakali: Performance capture, digital aesthetics, and the classical dance of India