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Tourism, Mass Media, and the Making of Visual Culture in the Greater Yucatan Peninsula
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Journal of Film and Video
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July 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright University Film and Video Association Summer 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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THE QUESTION THAT CONCERNS us here is the critical evaluation of contemporary film and video representations of the greater Yucatan Peninsula as a repository of stereotypes derived from colonial discourse and as manifestations of the culture industries, specifically the mass media and tourism based in Cancun and points south. The images and audiovisual narratives generated by the culture industries are conceived as a constitutive element of the visual culture in the region and beyond. PiSunyer refers to the link between tourism and mass media in general and more particularly in the context of Quintana Roo: "Tourism continues to be influenced by the longing to experience Otherness,' a desire ...
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