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Record Nr.

UNINA9910760494403321

Autore

Ingram Linda

Titolo

Women, Leisure and Tourism : Self-Actualization and Empowerment Through the Production and Consumption of Experience / / Linda Ingram, Klára Tarkó, and Susan L. Slocum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : CAB International, , 2021

©2022

ISBN

1-78924-799-3

1-78924-801-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 pages)

Disciplina

790.194

Soggetti

Dones - Esbarjo

Women - Recreation

Leisure - Psychological aspects

Self-actualization (Psychology) in women

Realització personal (Psicologia) en les dones

Viatgeres

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.