Rodanthi Tzanelli Libri

Exploring the themes of globalization and mobility, the book analyzes "Slumdog Millionaire" through the lenses of tourism, cinematic representation, and transnational artistic collaboration. It also highlights the film's role in activism, providing insights into how these elements intertwine to shape narratives and experiences within a global context.

Focusing on the interplay between film tourism and development, this book examines how film industries shape cultural and environmental landscapes. It delves into the collaboration among tourists, local activists, and governments, highlighting the dual impact of tourism on both beneficial and eco-destructive development. Through these interactions, the work reveals the complexities of place-making and the socio-political dynamics that influence local communities.

Focusing on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, this book delves into the complexities of crisis and risk management associated with mega-events amidst challenges like urbanization, natural disasters, and a global pandemic. Tzanelli examines how these factors influence event planning and execution, highlighting the interplay of societal and technological elements in navigating crises. The analysis offers insights into the evolving landscape of event management in a rapidly changing world.

Exploring the intersections of identity and subjectivity, this study delves into contemporary mobility through a lens of cultural pragmatics, phenomenology, and postcolonial magical realism. It examines how digital and physical travel influences personal and collective identities, drawing on feminist posthumanism and morphogenetic approaches. The work highlights the complexities of navigating identity in a globalized world, offering insights into the nuanced experiences shaped by cultural and spatial dynamics.

Exploring the intersection of cinema and societal risks, this book examines how contemporary films envision humanity's future amidst the challenges of tourism's decline. It highlights the triumph of technological humanity over otherness, while addressing themes of identity politics and unequal mobilities. By engaging with these cinematic narratives, the work offers a platform for discussing community survival and well-being in a globalized context. It is particularly relevant for those studying mobilities theory, tourism, film studies, and related fields.

Focusing on Brazil's 2014 World Cup, this interdisciplinary book investigates the socio-cultural challenges posed by mega-events. It critically analyzes the aesthetics and ethics of mobilities, delving into the complexities of the bidding process, host expectations, and the interplay of artistic representations with national identity. The text also addresses the widespread reactions from activist circles, highlighting concerns over overspending and human rights violations, thus revealing the contentious nature of mega-events in contemporary society.

Exploring the impact of contemporary media on heritage, this book analyzes how digital environments serve as transnational classrooms, fostering debates across diverse cultures. It highlights various cinematic interventions that are redefining both national and global heritage in regions such as Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Australasia, showcasing the fluidity of cultural identity in the digital age.

Cinematic tourism is examined through the lens of audience perceptions and their subtle connections to film-related advertising campaigns. The book delves into the emerging tourist industries that arise from this phenomenon, highlighting the dynamics of attraction and resistance within these new markets. It offers insights into how films influence travel decisions and the evolving relationship between cinema and tourism.

Focusing on the interplay between national character and heritage, the book examines their evolution within Western industrial modernity. It emphasizes the impact of gendered and racialized histories, asserting that these factors remain influential in how national heritage is represented and circulated in contemporary creative industries globally.

Only virtuous humans are supposed to move in time to meet their happy destiny or karma. The tale of Jamal in Slumdog Millionaire is such a case of serendipitous mobility towards riches and love - a 'journey' in which good heroes and urban communities respecting solidarity are successfully modernised. Unsurprisingly, the film became tangled in many controversies around India's destiny in the world: the film inserted Mumbai into various financial, political and artistic scenes, increased tourism in its filmed slums, and brought about charity projects in which celebrities and tourist businesses were involved. Slumdog Millionaire served as a global example of a 'developing country's' uneven but unique modernisation. This book examines such mobilities of ideas, art, tourism and activism together. In doing so, it reveals the significance of Mumbai as a post-colonial city in discussions of modernity - a form of mobile adaptation to new world realities. Tzanelli examines the various agents involved in controversies through multiple virtual and real journeys to India's colonial history and present social complexity, with a view to actualise a post-colonial future, a 'destiny' as the country's serendipitous destination. Addressed to interdisciplinary audiences, the book will be a useful text for students and scholars of globalisation, mobility, tourism, media and social movement theory.