Abstract
This study selects novels from French and Spanish language traditions, which may not be available to English-speakers, in order to determine if specific aspects throw light on our understanding of Madrid as a destination. Marc Lambron's L'Impromptu de Madrid and Antonio Munoz Molina’s Mysteries of Madrid are taken as proof of the influence the narrative can exert on social daily life and consumption. Narrative foregrounds the fictions which are at stake in imagining the city as destination and also provides a vehicle for presenting the much broader social forces that converge in the author at the time of imagining and writing. Keywords: literary fiction, destination image
Publication Date
2011-01-10
Publication Title
Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice
Volume
3
Issue
2
Publisher
Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice
ISSN
1757-031X
Embargo Period
2024-11-19
Additional Links
http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=y3qxD8EAAAAJ&hl=en
Keywords
tourism, literary tourism
First Page
20
Last Page
37
Recommended Citation
Mansfield, C., Busby, G., & Korstanje, M. (2011) 'Madrid: Literary Fiction and the Imaginary Urban Destination', Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice, 3(2), pp. 20-37. Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice: Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/pbs-research/376
