[Somean] travel writing

[E. Allyn Smith]

Hi,

I think that our having read the Jaworski and Thurlow article on elite  
stance in travel writing may have ruined my ability to ever again read  
travel writing.  I was reading the airline magazine on my way over to  
France, and it was a perfect case study for their article - every  
section title, descriptive word, etc. was designed to make the reader  
feel that they'd be isolated, seeing something no one else could see,  
something 'native', etc.   (even when they were writing about Disney  
World and not Peru).  I couldn't even get through it; oh, ignorance is  
sometimes bliss!

Hope you all enjoy your elite (read: 'secret') holiday breaks,  :)
Elizabeth