In reply to Margaret's comment (thanks Dean for forwarding it) that several
of the papers in her new book "focus just on women but in a gender
perspective- that is to say, woman relative to men, male experience, and
hegemonic masculinity", I certainly agree with the need to talk about women
relative to men, and vice versa, when discussing gendered issues, but I am
still concerned that in order to do that we need to have a clear idea of the
position of both genders - not to mention the different sexualities that
exist within each. Looking at the literature on different genders and
sexually oriented groups I would venture to suggest that our knowledge about
some groups is better informed than it is for others, our understanding of
some of these latter groups being more informed by stereotypical images than
actual research.
I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Margaret for her heads up
about the new book which I'll have to (A) try and get hold of) and (B) get
some time to read!
Cheers
Neil
Dr Neil Carr
Lecturer in Tourism Management
University of Queensland
11 Salisbury Road
Ipswich
Qld 4305
Australia
Tel (07) 33811319
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Owner of tourismanthropology discussion group
----- Original Message -----
From: Dean MacCannell <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 1:30 AM
Subject: Fwd: gender and tourism
> >X-POP3-Rcpt: fzmaccan@ike
> >Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:24:59 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Margaret Swain <[log in to unmask]>
> >X-Sender: [log in to unmask]
> >To: Neil Carr <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Rejected [non-member submission] Re: Gender in Tourism (fwd)
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> >ReSent-Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:37:24 -0700 (PDT)
> >ReSent-From: Margaret Swain <[log in to unmask]>
> >ReSent-To: E Maccannell <[log in to unmask]>
> >ReSent-Subject: Rejected [non-member submission] Re: Gender in Tourism
(fwd)
> >
> >
> >Hi Neil,
> >
> >What did I do wrong? I am indeed a member of the list? Please send this
> >out, if you would!
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Peg
> >
> >
> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:16:15 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: [log in to unmask]
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Rejected [non-member submission] Re: Gender in Tourism
> >
> >
> >[log in to unmask] is not
> >a member or owner of the tourismanthropology list
> >
> >
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> >OK, here she is, Margaret Swain, the "olde pioneer" (thanks for
> >remembering, Kathleen Adams!). I've been sitting out this one, despite
> >Valene Smith's and Dean MacCannell's subtle forwarding the original
> >message to me, because I've been engulfed with the final editing
of...drum
> >roll...a 15 chapter plus forward, intro and conclusions NEW book on
Gender
> >in Tourism. Phew, I should edit that sentence.
> >
> >It is the conference volume from the "Gender/Tourism/Fun(?)" conference
> >held here at UC Davis in late 97. The book is a bit of a California
> >production, as Dean has written the forward, Valene is the series Ed.
with
> >Paul Wilkinson for Cognizant Communication Corp publishers, Nelson
> >Graburn's former student Carla Dole, who he wrote about to the list, has
a
> >chapter in it, and it is co-edited by Janet Momsen, also at
> >Davis. However the contributors and their work sites are literally from
> >around the globe.
> >
> >We do not have a publication date yet, but it is coming up. If it
> >is appropriate to do so, I can send out a message on this list when it is
> >out. Below is part of the publisher blurb, and the table of contents.
With
> >reference to Neil's initial remarks, several chapters do indeed focus
> >"just on women" but in a gender perspective- that is to say, woman
> >relative to men, male experience, and hegemonic masculinity.
> >
> >
> >Bwst Wishes,
> >
> >Peg Swain
> >**************************************
> >
> >This edited collection engages questions about gendered differences in
the
> >experience, employment, and enjoyment of tourism, a mega global
> >industry. Contents include revised papers originally given at a
University
> >of California, Davis international conference and three framing
> >essays. The authors engage in various theoretical debates from feminist
> >paradigms to growth machine theory, and contribute to meaningful analysis
> >of contemporary social issues ranging from gendered desire and local
> >sexual politics, to the everyday comedies and tragedies in gendered
> >tourism practice. Qualitative and quantitative methodologies are used to
> >explore tensions and articulations of gender equity issues among tourism
> >industries, workers, tourists, and local communities, and to analyse
> >gender identities and sexualities hierarchies in tourism.
> >
> >The contributors raise questions of gendered experience in tourism,
framed
> >as the selling and buying of pleasurable travel and leisure time away
from
> >home. Many of the authors ask if participation is fun, enjoyable, or not
> >for the people involved in tourism dynamics. While the studies evoke
> >gender as a primary marker of difference, its intersections with consumer
> >and producer roles, race, class, sexualities, nationality, and age
produce
> >various patterns of inequality and equity in the jousance of
> >tourism. These case studies open the way for theoretical investigations
of
> >tourism pleasure from a gender perspective. It takes an innovative
> >approach, offering broad coverage of regions, topics, and disciplines.
> >
> >Contents:
> >
> >Dean MacCannell. Forward: Duty Free Romance
> >
> >1. Margaret Byrne Swain. Gender/Tourism/Fun(?): An Introduction
> >
> >Section One: Gendered Tourist Consumers in Pursuit of Fun(?)
> >
> >2. Tom Selanniemi . Couples on Holiday Engendered or Endangered
> >Experiences?
> >
> >3. Jennie Small. Good and Bad Holiday Experiences: Womens Perspective
> >
> >4. Maria-Dolors Garcia-Ramon and Abel Albet. Womens Travel Narratives in
> >Northern Africa
> >
> >5. Carla Dole. Magazines: Womens Indispensable Guides to Travel
> >
> >6. Lena Anastassova. Gendered Motivation and Attitudes of Western
European
> >Tourists toward Alternative Tourism in Bulgaria
> >
> >Section Two: Gendered Tourism Producers and Providers of Fun(?)
> >
> >7. Jenny Phillimore. Gender, Tourism Work, and Fun
> >
> >8. Gemma Canoves and Montserrat Villarino. Rural Tourism, Gender and
> >Cultural Conservation in Spain and Portugal
> >
> >9. Elsbeth Robson. A Nation of Lace Workers and Glass Blowers? Gendering
> >of the Maltese Souvenir Handicraft Industry
> >
> >10. Jane Henrici. Calling the Money: Gender and Tourism in Peru
> >
> >11. Jill Forshee. Pushing the Margins: Fabrics from Sumba, Traders from
> >Bali, and Tourists from Everywhere
> >
> >Section Three: Intersections of Gender and Tourism Fun(?)
> >
> >12. Mirjana Devedvic. Tourist Region, Ethnic Heterogenerity and Gender in
> >the Yugoslav Seaside
> >
> >13. Bonnie Martin, William Bridges, and Anthony Sheppard. Gender
> >Differences in Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism Development in a
> >Resort Community
> >
> >14. Petri Hottola. Amoral and Available? Western Female Travelers in
India
> >
> >15. Lynn Meisch. In Search of the Inca or looking for Daddy? Sex and
> >Romance on the trail in Peru
> >
> >16. Heidi Dahles. Gigolos and Rastamen: Tourist Lifestyles and Changing
> >Gender Identities in a Pleasure Periphery
> >
> >17. Janet Momsen. Conclusions
> >
> >
> >
>
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> >Margaret Byrne Swain, Anthropology/GGI
> >University of California, Davis CA 95616, USA
> >Gender and Global Issues (GGI) Ph:530-752-8205
> >Anthropology Dept. FAX:530-752-8885
> >
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