As we discussed in class, the advertisement you quoted minimizes the hardship, poverty, and remnants of colonial oppression experienced by the people of Antigua, and it's a very distinct example of an advertiser marketing Antigua to foreign (often white or European) tourists as paradise. This worry-free image furthers the idea that the people of Antigua have no problems or three-dimensional lives of their own, and exist in a perfect, tourist-friendly world where visitors can expect to be waited on. In its entirety, the ad is distressingly racist and anglophilic, and romanticizes Antigua's colonial history as a charming cultural fairytale while subtly stereotyping Antiguan people. In all, I think this quote also ties in well with your quote from A Small Place, which relates to European ignorance surrounding daily life and hardships in Antigua.
As we discussed in class, the advertisement you quoted minimizes the hardship, poverty, and remnants of colonial oppression experienced by the people of Antigua, and it's a very distinct example of an advertiser marketing Antigua to foreign (often white or European) tourists as paradise. This worry-free image furthers the idea that the people of Antigua have no problems or three-dimensional lives of their own, and exist in a perfect, tourist-friendly world where visitors can expect to be waited on. In its entirety, the ad is distressingly racist and anglophilic, and romanticizes Antigua's colonial history as a charming cultural fairytale while subtly stereotyping Antiguan people. In all, I think this quote also ties in well with your quote from A Small Place, which relates to European ignorance surrounding daily life and hardships in Antigua.
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