Traditional travel guides and websites dedicated to tourist destinations influence readers with their informative content. The Antilles and French Polynesia are tourist destinations that attract a great deal of interest due to their exotic nature, fame and special features. However, these French overseas territories are often presented in a male-centred erotic tourism discourse, highlighting the stereotypes of the male tourist and his supposed fantasies. This study focuses on the introductory texts, as they attract the attention of travellers. Unfortunately, tourism discourse often relies on the eroticization of the landscape and the personification of the island as a beautiful woman to be conquered, thus fuelling a form of macho eroticization.
L’érotisation du discours touristique dans les guides de voyage francophones
Gurrieri Antonio
2024-01-01
Abstract
Traditional travel guides and websites dedicated to tourist destinations influence readers with their informative content. The Antilles and French Polynesia are tourist destinations that attract a great deal of interest due to their exotic nature, fame and special features. However, these French overseas territories are often presented in a male-centred erotic tourism discourse, highlighting the stereotypes of the male tourist and his supposed fantasies. This study focuses on the introductory texts, as they attract the attention of travellers. Unfortunately, tourism discourse often relies on the eroticization of the landscape and the personification of the island as a beautiful woman to be conquered, thus fuelling a form of macho eroticization.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
