Přehled o publikaci
2021
Unsettling Heimat and the Touristic Ideal : Tropes of the Uncanny in Lois Hechenblaikner's Anti-Heimat Photography
SECKLEHNER, JuliaBasic information
Original name
Unsettling Heimat and the Touristic Ideal : Tropes of the Uncanny in Lois Hechenblaikner's Anti-Heimat Photography
Authors
SECKLEHNER, Julia
Edition
Austrian Studies, MHRA, 2021, 1350-7532
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
References:
Marked to be transferred to RIV
Yes
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14210/21:00123637
Organization
Filozofická fakulta – Repository – Repository
UT WoS
Keywords in English
heimat; austria; tourism; visual culture;
Links
786314, interní kód Repo.
Changed: 21/8/2024 00:50, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík
Abstract
In the original language
The pre-formatted surface of a Heimat idyll has long been an important site of criticism in Austrian culture. Expanding this critique within the Anti-Heimat genre, this article focuses on three photo series by Lois Hechenblaikner to argue that the uncanny represents a significant aspect in contemporary visual culture by subverting the strong visuality of the Heimat ideal as it is promoted in mass tourism. Dissecting Heimat as a commercial product, Hechenblaikner explores the dark sides of alpine tourism and mass consumerism and uses the uncanny as a central trope in unmasking the destructive elements of Heimat in the contemporary tourist industry.
