Thurlow, Crispin (24 June 2016). The language of super-elite tourism (Unpublished). In: Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being: Representing the Voices of Tourism. Bergamo, Italien. 23.-25.06.2016.
Full text not available from this repository.This presentation arises from my discourse-ethnographic research on so called luxury tourism and other modes of super-elite travel. This research is underpinned by a desire to renew sociolinguistic/discourse analytic commitments to social class and to centre elitism as an everyday accomplishment at the heart of social inequality. In the presentation, I will examine a range of multimodal data from multiple sites and genres to show how the symbolic economies of super-elite travel hinge on an artful criss-crossing and mixing of semiotic resources. It is this clever rhetorical game which helps sustain an oxymoronic world of “affordable luxury” and “red carpet privileges for all” – a world where elite status appears expansive and inclusive while remaining restricted and exclusive. In keeping with the theme of this conference, I want to show how we are nowadays being constantly taught to see elitism as desirable and to imagine ourselves being elite. Indeed, tourism is a powerful site for both the promotion of luxury and distinction, and for the normalization of privilege/inequality.
Item Type: |
Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of English Languages and Literatures 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of English Languages and Literatures > Modern English Linguistics |
UniBE Contributor: |
Thurlow, Crispin |
Subjects: |
400 Language 400 Language > 410 Linguistics 400 Language > 420 English & Old English languages |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Federico Erba |
Date Deposited: |
27 Apr 2017 15:56 |
Last Modified: |
14 Mar 2024 12:31 |
Additional Information: |
An International Conference hosted by CERLIS |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/93767 |
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit item |