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Literary Geographies for Regenerative Tourism

A Case Study on Nantes

This paper proposes new practices in place-making for writers of narrative non-fiction and for destination organisations that commission content authors. 

Full-text now available on Toureme Substack at 

https://open.substack.com/pub/toureme/p/literary-geographies-for-regenerative-073?r=21sgn4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

 

Place Graslin, Nantes. Photo: C. Mansfield 14:38 Thurs 6 April 2017


Making a Literary Geography

Rather than undertake literary criticism on the works that present the branded destination, in this case study Nantes, a process of seeking out the potential catalysts for toureme moments (Mansfield 2015) offers the researcher a more economical and focussed approach to finding locations that have narrative value for the travel writer and blogger. [...] 



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