Overview
While contemporary popular discourses dismiss gender and feminism as passé, patriarchy and sexism continue to limit human possibilities around the globe. The tourism industry can be a force for empowerment but it can also shore up exploitative gendered practices. At the same time, tourism enquiry itself continues to be dominated by western, masculinist approaches.This collection of studies seeks to advance feminist and gender tourism studies with its focus on embodiment. Broad themes include the construction of narratives, how discourses of desire, sensuality and sexuality pervade the tourism experience, the use of the body to represent femininity, masculinity and sensuality, and finally how travel and tourism allow for empowerment, resistance and carnivalesque opportunities.
Full Product Details
Author: Annette Pritchard (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK) ,
Nigel J Morgan (Head of School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Surrey University, UK) ,
Irena Ateljevic (Wageningen University, Netherlands) ,
Candice Harris (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
Publisher: CABI Publishing
Imprint: CABI Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 17.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.857kg
ISBN: 9781845932718
ISBN 10: 1845932714
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 29 August 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
.. .it is a much welcomed and excellent book that contributes to a critical perspective and ongoing discussion of tourism as a phenomenon, and it is thus highly relevant to academics and students as well as practitioners. --Erika Andersson Cederholm, Dept. of Service Management, Lund University, Sweden
""...it is a much welcomed and excellent book that contributes to a critical perspective and ongoing discussion of tourism as a phenomenon, and it is thus highly relevant to academics and students as well as practitioners.""--Erika Andersson Cederholm, Dept. of Service Management, Lund University, Sweden
. ..it is a much welcomed and excellent book that contributes to a critical perspective and ongoing discussion of tourism as a phenomenon, and it is thus highly relevant to academics and students as well as practitioners.
-...it is a much welcomed and excellent book that contributes to a critical perspective and ongoing discussion of tourism as a phenomenon, and it is thus highly relevant to academics and students as well as practitioners.---Erika Andersson Cederholm, Dept. of Service Management, Lund University, Sweden
Author Information
PhD is Head of the Department of Business at Swansea University, UK. A strong proponent of advocacy scholarship, he was one of originators of the notion of hopeful tourism scholarship and is co-chair of the biennial Critical Tourism Studies Conference Series. Nigel has a background in leisure policy and public sector tourism and public relations management. He is passionately interested in the connections between tourism, social justice, identity and place and has written or edited 15 books in these areas. Nigel is an editorial board member of several leading international journals including Place Branding & Public Diplomacy, Hospitality & Society and Vacation Marketing and is an Associate Editor of the Annals of Tourism Research.
