While gender research in tourism has become increasingly important within Western academic circles, little has been written from an Asian perspective. This book is the first to address this knowledge gap and to fully explore Asian gendered identities and tourism. The chapters reflect upon the role of tourism in producing, reiterating and resisting existing gendered structures of power in Asia. The authors attempt to reconcile both Asian and Western perspectives on gender using their own personal experiences of understanding and negotiating Western and Asian identities and practices. The book paves the way for important reflections about the ontological and epistemological meanings of ‘Asia’, ‘gender’ and ‘tourism’. It is an important resource for researchers from a range of disciplines including tourism, leisure studies, Asian studies and feminist and gender studies, as well as for professionals working in the tourism industry.
Table of Content
1. Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore and Paolo Mura: Introduction: The Embodiment of Gender and ‘Asianness’ in Tourism
2. Elaine Chiao Ling Yang and Paolo Mura: Asian Gendered Identities in Tourism
3. Elaine Chiao Ling Yang and Rokhshad Tavakoli: “Doing” Tourism Gender Research in Asia: An Analysis of Authorship, Research Topic and Methodology
4. Lim Tau Sian and Paolo Mura: Asian Gendered Performance in Tourism
5. Karun Rawat and Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore: The Impact of Masculinities in Researcher-Respondent Relationship: A Socio-Historical Perspective
6. Eunice Tan and Barkathunnisha Abu Bakar: The Asian Female Tourist Gaze: A Conceptual Framework
7. Roksana Badruddoja: “Home” as a Mobile Cultural Diaspora: South Asian American Women and the Conceptualisation of Holidays in America
8. Rokhshad Tavakoli: My Journeys in Second life: An Autonetnography
9. Paolo Mura and Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore: Conclusion
About the author
Paolo Mura holds a Ph D in Tourism from the University of Otago, New Zealand. An Italian by passport, he has lived and conducted research in Germany, Greece, the USA, New Zealand, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates. He is currently an Associate Professor in tourism in the College of Communication and Media Sciences at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Overall, his research interests are on tourist behaviour, with a focus on young tourists’ experiences, gender, travelling subcultures and qualitative approaches to research.
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