Location shooting and the filmic destination: Transylvanian myths and the post-colonial tourism enterprise

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-158

  Shandley, Robert ^a   Jamal, Tazim ^a   Tanase, Aniela ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bram Stoker; Dracula Park (Romania); Film impacts; Globalisation; Location shooting; Post colonialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008823514     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jtcc056.0     Document Type: Article

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