Tzanelli, R Civility and Progress: Envisaging Cosmopolitanism in the Islands of Mamma Mia! (2008). In: CRONEM, 15 Feb 2010, University of Surrey/Roehampton, UK. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Who decides if Hollywood simulacra provide more suitable representations of your culture than the centuries-old icons of Virgin Mary, the local Saint Riginos and the tales about your Oriental archenemy, Islam? This question weighs heavy on the minds of inhabitants and Greek seasonal workers of Skiathos and Skopelos, two islands from the Aegean complex of Sporades that served as cinematic locations for Mama Mia! (2008). The paper debates local understandings of heritage and their connections with national history following the film’s global success. The clash between old and new understandings of heritage was enacted in virtual networks (blogs, Greek and foreign websites) but is also ongoing ‘on location’, presenting ‘memory work’ as the product of imaginary mobilities par excellence. But the fact that Greek entrepreneurs figure in this clash as the symbolic creators of new ‘economies of signs and space’ should not be dissociated from the fact that Sporadiote past and present identities are cosmopolitan products characterised by interplays of cultural mobilities and human migrations.
Metadata
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item |
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Keywords: | Cosmopolitanism; Cinematic tourism; modernity; Heritage; Islam |
Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2015 08:42 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jan 2018 09:14 |
Status: | Unpublished |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:89379 |