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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Forward-looking and innovative, Elgar Research Agendas are an essential resource for PhD students, scholars and anybody who wants to be at the forefront of research.
Original and thought-provoking, this Research Agenda investigates the many ways in which tourism is gendered. It outlines current thought and directions for future research, looking forward by imagining and challenging the ways that gender will continue to intersect with and impact on tourism, as well as looking back to trace the key developments and contributions in gendered thinking.
Chapters consider and rethink gender in the context of tourism from multiple vantage points, contexts and perspectives. Divided into three parts, the Research Agenda reflects key threads in a contemporary research agenda: gender theory, analysis and review; gender, tourism and work; and gendered tourism experiences. Bringing together a range of diverse and inclusive contributions, it moves beyond binary assumptions of ‘women’ and ‘men’ towards the intersectionalities among gender, race, class, sexuality and power in relation to tourism.
Highlighting emerging research in the field, along with the methods and paradigms that are at the forefront of gendered tourism research, this Research Agenda will be an invigorating read for critical tourism researchers as well as gender researchers and those in the social sciences more broadly.
Trade Review‘A Research Agenda for Gender and Tourism
critically expands our understandings of the gendered aspects of tourism. This insightful and timely book invites us to explore new theoretical and methodological avenues and shows us how gendered knowledge(s) relate to particular geo-political and historical contexts.’ -- Ana María Munar, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
'An intellectually engaging collection of diverse case studies investigating gender in tourism, framed between a cogent overview of issues and a stunning conclusion by editors Wilson and Chambers. The authors address where are we going as feminist scholars engaged in intersectional research with transformational goals toward equity. Brava!' -- Margaret Byrne Swain, University of California, Davis, US
Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Gender and Tourism 1 Erica Wilson and Donna Chambers PART I GENDER AND TOURISM: THEORY, ANALYSIS AND REVIEW 2 Theorising gender and tourism in island locations 23 Helene Pristed Nielsen 3 Migrant Women in hospitality: a critical analysis of Australian newspapers during COVID-19 43 Elaine Chiao Ling Yang 4 Gender equality reporting in tourism 63 Jess Sanggyeong Je and Elaine Chiao Ling Yang 5 Socio-cultural barriers to Saudi women’s participation in the tourism industry: a systematic literature review 91 Rafiah Almathami and Judith Mair PART II GENDER, TOURISM AND WORK 6 Gender, empowerment and tourism in Iran: a Muslim perspective 115 Seyedasaad Hosseini, Abolfazl Siyamiyan Gorji, Rafael Cortés Macías and Fernando Almeida García 7 Shift working in the hotel industry: experiences of female migrant workers in Macao 135 Sandeep Basnyat and Pau Ka Mun (Carmen) 8 Negotiating gender and power during COVID-19: women and tourism in San Gil, Colombia 155 Claudia Becerra-Gualdrón, Karolina Doughty and Margreet van der Burg 9 Gender-based violence and risk in tourism field research 179 Heike Schänzel and Brooke Porter 10 The importance of friendship: the lived experience of female delegates female delegates association conferences 199 Elspeth Frew and Judith Mair 11 Conclusion to A Research Agenda for Gender and Tourism 219 Donna Chambers and Erica Wilson Index
