Postcard narratives: A case of Vichy in France

This research explores the viewing of Vichy postcards made for local tourism. Drawing on this retrospection, the author proposes a narrative anthropological method for the study of postcards of Vichy, France. Primary to the elaboration is an argument for the shaping of the history of a variety of characters and words when analyzing the lived locale in every way. When viewing postcards about visual biases and surviving memories, a historical timeline activates aesthetic and art logic in observing the natural attitudes of those journeys. The research concludes with a description of narrative strategies in the teaching of European culture, centered on a unique narrative perspective which the author calls a “real traveler” strategy.