Tourists’ photographic constructions of place in Ireland

Seán T. Ruane, Bernadette Quinn, Sheila Flanagan

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Abstract

This chapter explores notions of authenticity in terms of the photographs taken by tourists while on holiday. Some tourists photograph attributes of the host’s culture that they perceive as “authentic”, while ignoring, editing, or erasing aspects that conflict with their “imagined” views. Drawing upon methods of participant-informed photo-ethnography used in a study of US tourists’ holiday photographs of Ireland, tourists will be resituated in this chapter as “editors” in their own photographic reproductions of place. Moreover, by focusing attention to how they confer meaning on destinations and the people who live in them, through the embodied performance of photography, this chapter explores tourists’ notions of authenticity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTourism Social Science Series
PublisherEmerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Pages129-144
Number of pages16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Publication series

NameTourism Social Science Series
Volume24
ISSN (Print)1571-5043

Keywords

  • Authenticity
  • Embodied performance
  • Photography
  • Place
  • Representation

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