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

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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.

Keywords: CELEBRITIES; CLOSENESS; GENEALOGY; IDENTITY TOURISM; WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 09 August 2013

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