Wharton Discussion

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1. The  Construc-on  of  the  “Holy  Land”:    
   Past  and  Present    
   Annabel  Wharton,  “Spectacularized  
   Jerusalem”  from  Selling  Jerusalem,  
   pp.  189-­‐233.      
   

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2. Your Experience…
   Have you ever been to Jerusalem or The Holy Land Experience?
   
   
   
   
   

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3.  
   What  are  some  dis-nc-ons  between  
   theme  parks  and  shrines  or  pilgrims  
   and  tourists?  
    
   

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4. The  Holy  Land  Experience,  Orlando,  FL  
   

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5. What  quali-es  of  shrines,  theme  
   parks,  pilgrims,  or  tourists  do  you  see  
   in  the  Holy  Land  Experience?  
   

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6. What is Spectacle?
   Scenes from The Holy Land Experience, Orlando, FL
   “Spectacle  is  a  performance  that  demands  aSen-on,  but  refuses  reciprocity;  it  is  a  
   display  that  avoids  local  content,  but  produces  a  local  effect.    Spectacle  is  poli-cs  or  
   ideology  that  pretends  to  be  entertainment;  t  is  the  theatrical  figura-on  of  capital  
   and  an  expression  of  its  excesses.    When  spectacle  seems  safe,  it  is  probably  
   dangerous;  when  spectacle  seems  dangerous,  it  certainly  is.”  (190)  
   

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7. Authenticity…
   What is it? Why is it important? How is something judged authentic?  
   

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8. Rev.  William  M.  Thompson:  “Jerusalem,  as  I  
   see  it  this  morning,  is  all  I  could  desire,  and,  if  a  
   nearer  acquaintance  is  going  to  disappoint  and  
   disgust,  let  me  not  enter,  but  depart  from  this  
   ‘Mount  of  Ascension’  carrying  away  the  picture  
   already  imprinted  on  my  heart.”    [Viewing  
   from  a  distance  but  not  close  up]  
   William  Mason  Turner:  “On  account  of  this  
   ubiquity  of  holy  objects  and  curiosi-es,  the  
   whole  church  and  its  wonders  necessarily  
   appear  as  a  sham,  and  the  high  religious  aw  
   with  which  we  should  view  these  wonders,  
   subsides  into  a  stoical,  indifferent  credulity,  
   which  plainly  express  our  opinion  of  everything  
   shown  us,  as  humbug.”  
   How  do  these  viewpoints  complicate  the  no-on  of  authen-city?    
   

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9. Photographic  Panorama  of  Jerusalem,  
   early  20th  century  
   

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10. Panoramic  Engraving  of  Jerusalem,  Scanned  from  reprint  of  1841/1852  
    edi-ons  of  "Extraordinary  Popular  Delusions  and  the  Madness  of  
    Crowds"  by  Charles  Mackay.  
    

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11. Holy  Land  Experience,  Map.  
    

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12. Jerusalem  Model  (“Jerusalem  69  AD”),  The  
    Holy  Land  Experience,  Orlando,  FL  
    

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