Geography 2144A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bangkok, Big-Box Store, Walmart

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19 Dec 2017

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Monday, September 25 2017

Lecture Three

Youtube video: Lost in Translation (2003) - Ofﬁcial Trailer

•Japan

Youtube video: The Hangover part 2 trailer

•Bankok

•Very conservative country

•Believe in Karma, what you do in this life you will be repaid in the afterlife

•Very happy people

•permissive, not judgmental culture (can have full moon parties, drugs, prostitution, etc.)

•People our age go to Thailand for the booze, beaches, drugs, moon parties, etc.

Youtube video: The Clash - London Calling

Youtube video: Adele - Rolling in the Deep

Youtube video: The Fawlty Towers hotel - Fawlty Towers - BBC

What is the role of the host?

•Welcoming

•Inviting

•Basil Fawlty

Levels of Cultural Penetration

•Tourist

•Staged Authenticity - this term refers to the staging of local culture to create an impression of

authenticity for a tourist audience

•Cultural Curtain

•Authentic Cultural Heritage

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