Madrid: Literary Fiction and the Imaginary Urban Destination

Authors

Graham Busby, University of Plymouth
Maximiliano E. Korstanje, Palermo University, Argentin
Charlie Mansfield, University of Plymouth

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This study selects novels from French and Spanish language traditions, which may not be available to English-speakers, in order to determine if specific aspects throw light on our understanding of Madrid as a destination. Marc Lambron's L'Impromptu de Madrid and Antonio Munoz Molina’s Mysteries of Madrid are taken as proof of the influence the narrative can exert on social daily life and consumption. Narrative foregrounds the fictions which are at stake in imagining the city as destination and also provides a vehicle for presenting the much broader social forces that converge in the author at the time of imagining and writing.

Publication Date

2011

Publication Title

Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice

Volume

3

Issue

2

First Page

20

Last Page

37

ISSN

1757-031X

Deposit Date

May 2018

Embargo Period

2024-03-25

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/11577

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Busby, Graham; Korstanje, Maximiliano E.; and Mansfield, Charlie (2011) "Madrid: Literary Fiction and the Imaginary Urban Destination," Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice: Vol. 3: No. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://plymouth.researchcommons.org/jtcp/vol3/iss2/2