Search results for "literary tourism"
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Tropes of Travel in Bernardine Evaristo’s Novels
2011
This paper is informed by an interpretative framework in which the theoretical paradigms of Cultural, Gender, (Post-)colonial and Tourism studies are interwoven. It is claimed that fostering a specific kind of literary and cultural tourism, centred on (post-)colonial authors’ works, might emerge as a political practice able to reshape the self-fashioning of Western European cultural heritage in non-essentialized terms. Consequently, this would also help promote cross-cultural exchanges. In this respect, Lara (1997), The Emperor’s Babe (2001) and Soul Tourists (2005), the first three novels by the London-born Anglo-Nigerian writer Bernardine Evaristo, appear to be extremely relevant literary…
Cross-cultural Post-colonial Symbioses in Bernardine Evaristo’s Novels and Literary Tourism: Towards a Non-Eurocentric Redefinition of Locality
2010
This essay illustrates the strategies through which literary tourism can activate transformative cultural strategies within the wider context non-Eurocentric definitions of locality.
'Foreign Readers and the Imperishable Troll' : travelling to locations with connections to Tove Jansson and her works
2022
The following piece is based on the lectio praecursoria presented at the defense of the doctoral dissertation ‘Ideal Absence and Situated Readers: Experiencing Space Through Connection to Tove Jansson and her Works’ which was publicly discussed on November 3, 2021, at the University of Jyväskylä. The full version of the dissertation can be found at: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-8861-6. peerReviewed
The Search for The ‘Authentic’ in the Context of Narrative-Inspired Travel
2018
The article discusses the concept of authenticity in relation to literary travel and other forms of media-induced travel. Focusing on the power of fictional narrative to draw members of the audience to locations associated with a story, the paper aims to find out what exactly visitors are expecting to find when journeying to locations with literary and media associations. An overview of previous research demonstrates how the concept of authenticity has been understood in connection with travel inspired by literature, films and TV productions. An analysis of recent research, focusing on literary and screen-induced travel, demonstrates that perceptions of what is authentic varies between indi…