Women, leisure and tourism : self-actualization and empowerment through the production and consumption of experience /
"This book looks at women as producers and consumers of leisure experiences. Women produce and consume leisure through a variety of activities as a way to enhance self-actualization and personal empowerment - sometimes through resistance to cultural norms and expectations"--
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Publisher Address: | Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : |
Publication Dates: | [2022] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
"This book looks at women as producers and consumers of leisure experiences. Women produce and consume leisure through a variety of activities as a way to enhance self-actualization and personal empowerment - sometimes through resistance to cultural norms and expectations"-- |
Carrier Form: | x, 201 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781789247985 |
Index Number: | GV183 |
CLC: | D441.7 |
Call Number: | D441.7/W872-6 |
Contents: | Introduction : women as producers and consumers of leisure / Linda J. Ingram, Susan L. Slocum and Klára Tarkó -- An examination of female exceptionalism in early leisure placemaking activities / Amanda Belarmino -- Masculinity & moral licensing in the locker room : a critical analysis of culture, gender and leisure / Kate E. Evans and Dorothy Schmalz -- Sport for women in later life / Tony Liechty, Stephanie West, Jill Juris Naar, Julie Son, and Jen D. Wong -- History and identity : female vendors at a Renaissance festival / Susan L. Slocum -- By her own hand : creativity, crafts and commerce / Linda J. Ingram -- Creating a culture of consent for event tourism / Caitlin Brooks -- Older women and leisure / Sarah Standridge -- Nonformal learning participation as leisure for Syrian refugee women in Turkey / Selen Subasi -- Running away or running toward? : pilgrimage as a source of women's leisure / Pheroza Daruwalla -- The online life of gamer women / Kitti Arnold-Ferencz and Klára Tarkó -- A netnographic study on Chinese women's guimi travel experiences / Sharleen Chen and Barry Mak -- Queens on the go : an Africana woman scholar and traveler experience / E'Lisha Victoria Fogle -- Women and leisure in the Italian context / Emanuela Bologna and Simona Staffieri -- Towards an understanding of Indian women's construction of leisure experience / Vinathe Sharma-Brymer -- Conclusion / Linda J. Ingram |