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Paysage et médiatisation dans les Alpes françaises - Approche géographique de la diffusion des cartes postales paysagères

2010

The usual little holiday ritual, landscape postcards have for first purpose to maintain the social link between people going on holiday and people staying at home. But, by giving a view of a certain area from a different place, those postcards represent an original manner to apprehend touristic places and to answer a seemingly simple question: Why this landscape would be sold on that particular spot ? This theoretical question leads to other questions: Is there a hierarchy among those touristic sites? Would the lack of attractivity of several territories cause their eviction? Would the media coverage of sites have effects upon the destruction of territories ? To answer all those questions, …