Authentic and inauthentic places in tourism : from heritage sites to theme parks Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations 1 Introduction: places and authenticity 2 Historic cities: from museumification to the origin of the spaces 3 The restoration and reproduction of historic sites: from the Ship of Theseus to mechanistic authentication 4 Cities as stage sets: from gentrification and festival market places to hipster places 5 Site specific art: from magical realism and creative placemaking to simulacra 6 The seaside resort: from piers and promenades to nostalgic authenticity 7 The rural idyll: from cultural countryside to constructed authenticity 8 Wilderness regions: from national parks to existential authenticity 9 Squaring the circle of authenticity in film and photography: from mass reproduction to the punctum 10 Events and places: from giant spectaculars and carnival masks to hyperreality 11 Variations on a theme: the imagineering of fast authenticity from theme parks and museums to shopping malls References Index