ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the importance of affective geographies in contested representations of coastal landscapes such as this, and how these mobilise conflicting notions of heritage, development and sovereignty. It draws on two case study documentary films, Jamaica for Sale and You've Been Trumped films set in Jamaica's North Coast and northeast Scotland, respectively. Set in the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire, Anthony Baxter's film begins with an excerpt from another celluloid depiction of idealised rural coastal life, Bill Forsyth's iconic Scottish film Local Hero-1983. The case study illustrates the ways in which depictions of landscapes that are often associated with leisure and relaxation also contain and inspire narratives of loss, intimidation, joy, resignation, indignation and anger. The chapter sets out the conceptual framing of the discussion to follow, in particular the theoretical connections between heritage, destination, emotion and political geographies.
