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This Book Examines A Range Of Popular Cinematic Interventions That Are Reshaping National And Global Heritage, Across Europe, Asia, The Americas And Australasia. It Examines Collaborative Or Adversarial Articulations Of Such Enterprise (by Artists, Directors, Producers But Also Local, National And Transnational Communities) That Blend Activism With Commodification, Presenting New Cultural Industries As Fluid But Significant Agents In The Production Of New Public Spheres. Rethinking Heritage: Cultural Industries And Global Kin -- Heritage Entropy? Cinematic Pilgrimage In New Zealand -- The Da Vinci 'node': Networks Of Neo-pilgrimage In The European Cosmopolis -- Projecting European Heritage: The Acropolis In Ruins -- Memory And Protest: Yimou Zhang's And Ai Weiwei's Artwork -- From Deep Ecology To Thick Description: Avatar's Cosmology Of Protest. Rodanthi Tzanelli. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.