The Darcy effect: Regional tourism and costume drama
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in International Journal of Heritage Studies
- Vol. 4 (3), 177-186
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13527259808722235
Abstract
In the last two decades there has been largely critical discussion of the role which costume films play in the construction of the idea of national hertiage. Much of this writing has assumed that such films generally holster partial and conservative interests and represent a chronic nostalgia for a make‐believe past. Adaptations from historic classic novels are claimed to foist predominantly middle‐class tastes and standards upon the broader viewing public. The extraordinary success of the BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice gives one the opportunity to examine in some detail the inter‐connectedness of a number of cultural industries including heritage, museums, tourism, publishing and television, in audience perception and reception.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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