Does tourism empower women working in and producing tourism? How are women using the transformations tourism brings to their advantage? How do women, despite prejudice and stereotypes, break free, resist and renegotiate gender norms at the personal and societal levels? When does tourism increase women’s autonomy, agency and authority? The first of its kind this book delivers:
A critical approach to gender and tourism development from different stakeholder perspectives, from INGOs, national governments, and managers as well as workers in a variety of fields producing tourism.
Stories of individual women working across the world in many aspects of tourism.
A foreword by Margaret Bryne Swain and contributions from academics and practitions from across the globe.
A lively and accessible style of writing that links academic debates with lived realities while offering hope and practical suggestions for improving gender equality in tourism.
Gender Equality and Tourism: Beyond Empowerment, a critical gendered analysis that questions the extent to which tourism brings women empowerment, is an engaging and thought-provoking read for students, researchers and practitioners in the areas of tourism, gender studies, development and anthropology.
Sobre el autor
Marília Durão is Assistant Professor and Head of the Hospitality Management Degree at Portucalense University, Portugal. She holds a Ph D in Tourism and a Master’s degree in Tourism Planning and Management from the University of Aveiro, and a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism from ISAG. She is also a researcher at REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, and GOVCOPP-UA – Research Unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies. Her research interests cover human resource management, employment, education and training, well-being, and quality of life at work, and gender equality in the tourism sector
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