Includes bibliographical references and index.

From pseudo-events to authentic experiences / Jillian M. Rickly and Elizabeth S. Vidon -- Looking for authenticity in product geography / Patrick Jean-Noel L'Espoir-Decosta and Mikael Andehn -- "See you in Iran" on Facebook: assessing "User-generated authenticity" / Nicholas Wise and Farnaz Farzin -- Marketing and authenticity in tourism: a cacao farm in Brazil / Mariana Bueno de Andrade Matos and Maria de Lourdes de Azevedo Barbosa -- Love, romance, and behavior: finding juliet, finding meaning / Philip L. Pearce and Zohre Mohammadi -- Authenticity of a national icon: The Trinidad steelpan as a tourism resource / Johnny Coomansingh -- Authenticity in Portugal's interior rural areas / Jose Alberto Moutela, Vivina Almeida Carreira and Fidel Martinez-Roget -- Tourists' photographic constructions of place in Ireland / Sean T. Ruane, Bernadette Quinn and Sheila Flanagan -- Understanding authenticity within gastronomic experiences / Bill J. Gregorash -- Digital revolution or plastic gimmick? authenticity in 3D souvenirs / Constantia Anastasiadou and Sam Vettese -- Hyperreal light simulacra: performing buildings in motion / Jane Lovell -- Hunting and fishing as ecotourism: the authenticity debate / Agnes Nowaczek and Hitesh Mehta -- Authenticating the wilderness: power, politics, performance / Elizabeth S. Vidon -- An autoethnographic reflection: Western elitism in late capitalism / Amy Savener and Alexia Franzidis.

2