The Creation of Closeness: Identity Tourists in Who Do You Think You Are?

• Elspeth Frew ^[1] ; Leanne White ^[2]
  1. [1] La Trobe University

     La Trobe University

     Australia

     
  2. [2] Victoria University

     Victoria University

     Australia

     
• Localización: Tourism analysis, ISSN 1083-5423, Vol. 18, Nº. 3, 2013, págs. 313-322
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article examines the techniques used by the makers of a popular documentary series that may encourage interest in identity, genealogical, ancestral, roots, or even diaspora tourism�where individuals travel to discover more about their ancestry. By adapting Jens Eder's theory of character closeness to a nonfiction series, this article identifies the means by which the producers of the Australian series of the television program Who Do You Think You Are? have created a "closeness" for the viewer to the featured identity tourism celebrities.