Authentic and Inauthentic Places in Tourism: From Heritage Sites to Theme Parks (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility)

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Historic cities : from museumification to places of origin -- The restoration and reproduction of historic sites : from the Ship of Theseus to mechanistic authentication -- Cities as stage sets : from gentrification and festival market places to hipster places -- Site-specific art : from magical realism and creative placemaking to simulacra -- The seaside resort : from piers and promenades to nostalgic authenticity -- The rural idyll : from cultural countryside to constructed authenticity -- Wilderness regions : from mountains and national parks to existential authenticity -- Squaring the circle of authenticity in film and photography : from mass-reproduction, to the punctum -- Events and places : from giant spectaculars and carnival masks to hyperreality -- Variations on a theme, the imagineering of authenticity : from theme parks and museums to shopping malls