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Author Porter, Brooke A.

Title Femininities in the Field : Tourism and Transdisciplinary Research.

Imprint Bristol : Channel View Publications, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages)
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Contents Intro; DOI https://doi.org/10.21832/PORTER6508; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction â#x80;#x93; Issues in the Field: A Female Perspective; 1 Safety First: The Biases of Gender and Precaution in Fieldwork; 2 Negotiating Machismo as a Female Researcher and Volunteer Tourist in Cusco, Peru; 3 The Married Life (as a Marine Tourism Researcher); 4 â#x80;#x98;Dale Chica!â#x80;#x99;: A Surfer Chickâ#x80;#x99;s Reflections on Field Research in Central America; 5 Early Motherhood and Research: From Bump to Baby in the Field; 6 â#x80;#x98;Mummy, When Are We Getting to the Fields?â#x80;#x99; Doing Fieldwork withThree Children.
7 The Dissemination of the Feminine: An In-depth Analysis of Independent Travel8 Gender Bias and Marine Mammal Tourism Research; 9 The Effect of Motherhood on Tourism Fieldwork with Young Children: An Autoethnographic Approach; 10 Subjectivities Implode: When â#x80;#x98;The Lone Maleâ#x80;#x99; Ethnographer is Actually a Nursing Mother â#x80;Œ; 11 Icebreaker: Experiences of Conducting Fieldwork in Arctic Canada with my Infant Son; 12 Researching in a Menâ#x80;#x99;s Paradise: The Emotional Negotiations of Drunken Tourism Fieldwork; 13 Motherhood within Family Tourism Research: Case Studies in New Zealand and Samoa.
Conclusion â#x80;#x93; Gender: A Variable and a PracticeIndex.
Summary The aim of this book is to reflect on the effect of femininities in the field and the encountered biases specific to women researchers. The global case studies cover access, attire/conduct, sexual harassment, personal safety, and accompanied research/well-being. The volume is an essential guide for supervisors, students and researchers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Social sciences -- Fieldwork.
Sex discrimination in employment.
Sexism in science.
Social sciences -- Research.
Anthropology -- Fieldwork.
Sciences sociales -- Recherche sur le terrain.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi.
Sexisme dans les sciences.
Sciences sociales -- Recherche.
Anthropologie -- Recherche sur le terrain.
Gender studies: women.
Research methods: general.
REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
Anthropology -- Fieldwork
Sex discrimination in employment
Sexism in science
Social sciences -- Fieldwork
Social sciences -- Research
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
Indexed Term Field research.
female experiences of research.
female researchers.
femininities.
gender bias.
gender studies.
tourism fieldwork.
tourism research.
Added Author Schänzel, Heike A.
Other Form: Print version: Porter, Brooke A. Femininities in the Field : Tourism and Transdisciplinary Research. Bristol : Channel View Publications, ©2018 9781845416492
ISBN 9781845416522 (electronic bk.)
184541652X (electronic bk.)
9781845416515 (online)
1845416511
1845416503
9781845416508
184541649X
9781845416492
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