Women, leisure and tourism : self-actualization and empowerment through the production and consumption of experience / edited by Linda J. Ingram, Klára Tarkó, Susan L. Slocum.

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"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ingram, Linda J. (Editor)
Tarkó, Klára (Editor)
Slocum, Susan L. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2022]
Subjects:
Women > Recreation.
Leisure > Psychological aspects.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.
Women tourists.
Women travelers.
Femmes > Loisirs.
Loisir > Aspect psychologique.
Actualisation de soi chez la femme.
Voyageuses.
Travelers (people by activity)
Physical Description:x, 201 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.