'Africa's little people' in danger? the representation of African 'Pygmies' in National Geographic Magazine in 1960 and 2005
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2022-07-08
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Travel writing and tourism marketing have in common that both forms of communication want to entice the reader to either visit or imagine about the destination they write about. In relation to non-western destinations, this often culminates in the exoticizing and Othering of said places by western writers and companies, even in the ‘postmodern’ world. In this thesis research about travel writing and tourism marketing will be combined to look at the contemporary representation of African Pygmies in the National Geographic Magazine (NGM). The research question is: how has the visual and textual representation of Central African Pygmies changed in National Geographic Magazine between 1960-2005? Both African Pygmies and the non-western representation in NGM have been subjects of much research. However, research about Pygmies usually focuses on the colonial representation whilst the representation of Pygmies in the NGM has not been studied before. This thesis will be an addition to both fields of research.
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