Gender, Work and Tourism

ISBN-13: 9780415109864 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 256 str.

Thea Sinclair

Opis

Tourism is the world's third largest industry, employing high numbers of women in industrialized and developing countries. This text examines the central role played by women in the tourism industry. It discusses the nature of their work and the ways in which tourism creates tensions between the attitude and conduct of tourists and the beliefs and behaviour of local women. By studying a range of tourist destinations across the world, the author demonstrates how women have been excluded from some occupations and how their work in others is associated with ideologies of gender and social sexuality. This work should be of use to professionals and students in women's studies, sociology, anthropology, economics and geography, tourism and leisure studies.

Recenzje

"I have read this text with great pleasure and keep using it whenever working on gender, work and/or on tourism issues. It is a great resource for anybody interested in either of those issues", Minu Hemmati, Tourism in Focus, Spring 2000, No.35

'The book is a very valuable contribution to the social scientific study of gender and work, and is highly recommended to those engaged in studying, teaching or researching gender in fields like anthropology, sociology, geography and economics.' - Tourism Recreation Research

O autorze

Thea Sinclair is Senior Lecturer in Economics and Director of the Tourism Research Centre at the University of Kent