Natalie Alvarez, Immersions in Cultural Difference: Tourism, War, Performance

Personal and Cultural Memories in War Tourism

The history and memories of past events are relayed through popular culture, the media and the public sphere. City tours organized for tourists can be said to be a special part of popular culture and the public sphere. Since 2006 there has been an organised war tour in the City of Dubrovnik which follows the “routes” of war aggression and the devastation of the town. In this paper, one such spe...

Cultural tourism: challenges and strategies

Ethnic Tourism and Cultural Representation

The representation of minority culture is central to ethnic tourism development. However, only limited attention has been paid to cultural representation in ethnic attractions. This research examines representations of multiple ethnic cultures in the Yunnan Ethnic Folk Villages, China. The perspectives from four key groups of stakeholders— governments, park managers, employees and tourists—are ...

300: Cultural Stereotypes and War against Barbarism

During the era of Bush administration and post-September 11th anti-terrorism discourse, the movie 300 was one of the best exemplar of a close relationship between Hollywood pop culture products and the neo-conservatives’ political discourse of nationalism. From my point of view, 300 is not an example of outstanding artistic films, but a film that more than any other film contains an Iranophobic...

Cultural War over Genetic Engineering

Street, George W. Bush).” How on earth did we reach the point where genetically modified food became a cultural difference between Europeans and Americans? A legislative initiative proposing the labeling of food produced using genetically modified ingredients was actually rejected by the majority of voters in California. Why is genetic engineering associated in our minds with a sense of danger ...