Family leisure, family photography and zoos: exploring the emotional geographies of families

Hallman, Bonnie C.; Benbow, Mary

doi:10.1080/14649360701712636

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“…There are purposeful aspects of family leisure at play here, such as providing enjoyable educational experiences for children (Hallman et al 2007;Shaw and Dawson 2001). Again, the percentage of mothers (26%) and fathers (22%) mentioning this as their favourite aspect was quite similar:…”

Section: Enjoyable Experiences For Fathers and Mothersmentioning

confidence: 72%

“…Johns and Gyimothy's (2002) study found that there is a dichotomy between the 'fun' experienced at theme parks and the perceived penance and self-sacrifice of the parents. Instead, visits to the zoo are regarded as providing emotional connection between family members and enjoyable educational experiences for children and are redolent with purpose and meaning (Hallman et al, 2007). This points to needs for children to have active fun while parents might seek rest and relaxation, a common dilemma on holidays (Gram 2005).…”

Section: Family Leisure Children Mothers and Fathers In The Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many visitor attractions are designed for families (DeVault 2000), for example zoos (Hallman, Mary, and Benbow 2007;Mowen and Graefe 2006;Turley 2001), theme parks (Johns and Gyimothy 2002) and museums (Blud 1990;Sterry and Beaumont 2006;Wu, Holmes, and Tribe 2010). However, relatively little is known about the social experiences and benefits gained by visitors at these attractions.…”

Section: Family Leisure Children Mothers and Fathers In The Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Family experiences of visitor attractions in New Zealand: differing opportunities for ‘family time’ and ‘own time’

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Schänzel

Stewart

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Annals of Leisure Research

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Studies of family leisure and holidays reveal that an important goal of these experiences is the fostering of family togetherness and social connectedness away from usual work/life pressures. As outlined by Schänzel and Smith (2014), however, family experiences of leisure include opportunities for both 'family time' and 'own time'. Family time incorporates opportunities for strengthening family bonds by creating family memories and allowing learning to occur. By contrast, own time encapsulates freedom from those family commitments to pursue one's own interests and to seek respite from the obligatory commitments of family life. Using data collected in face-to-face questionnaires completed with 221 New Zealand family groups, this paper seeks to explore the extent to which family time and own time experiences are differently perceived by parents accompanying their children to three family-friendly visitor attractions in Christchurch, New Zealand. In particular, the paper explores the motivations and experiences sought by fathers visiting with their child/ren at these attractions and compares these with mothers' experiences and motivations. Findings show that fathers have differing motivations and seek different experiences than mothers at these attractions, and that these motivations vary based on whether they are attending visitor attractions as sole parents or accompanied by a co-parent.

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Section: Enjoyable Experiences For Fathers and Mothersmentioning

confidence: 72%

Section: Family Leisure Children Mothers and Fathers In The Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Family Leisure Children Mothers and Fathers In The Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Family experiences of visitor attractions in New Zealand: differing opportunities for ‘family time’ and ‘own time’

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“…These provide insights into the social group roles of families useful for the conceptualization of family holiday experiences 6 (Crompton, 1981). Research has been carried out at family centered tourism attractions (Hallman, Mary, & Benbow, 2007;Johns & Gyimothy, 2002;Turley, 2001) which are important as enablers of quality family time. There is however less research into broader experiential dimensions of family holidays that take into account the perspectives of all family members and include group dynamics and family functioning.…”

Section: The Conceptualisation and Theorisation Of Family Tourism Resmentioning

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The Socialization of Families Away from Home: Group Dynamics and Family Functioning on Holiday

Schänzel

Smith

2014

Leisure Sciences

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Abstract:The focus on individuals in tourism research has led to limited and fragmented research on family groups and their leisure experiences away from home. This article extends conceptual and theoretical understandings within family tourism research by offering a threedimensional framework inclusive of group perspectives. A whole-family methodology was used with 10 families (10 fathers, 10 mothers and 20 children) in New Zealand as a more critical and holistic approach to tourism concepts. Empirical findings illustrate group dynamics along with the underrepresented generational perspectives of children and gender perspectives of fathers to provide insights into family functioning. This resulted in a threelayered model of family holiday experiences inclusive of group sociality. The collective intentionality of family togetherness on holiday is contrasted with more balanced modes in own time, highlighting the complexity of socialization within tourism theory and practice.

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“…As Valentine (2008) has argued, geographies of family incorporate any space where the connections that support familial relations and intimacy are enabled or facilitated (see also Hallman and Benbow 2007). Luzia (2010, 365) notes that 'the places of family are the places of the everyday', in that parents describe spaces of parenting as open, 'child-friendly' and accessible during daylight hours.…”

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confidence: 99%

‘Daddy is a difficult word for me to hear’: carceral geographies of parenting and the prison visiting room as a contested space of situated fathering

Moran

Hutton

Dixon

et al. 2016

Children's Geographies

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'Daddy is a difficult word for me to hear': carceral geographies of parenting and the prison visiting room as a contested space of situated fathering Advocating greater engagement between children's and carceral geographies, this paper explores the spaces of parenting as they exist within a UK male prison, building upon criminological research on the effects of imprisonment on prisoners' families and children. Focusing primarily on the visiting room, it extends discussion of the specificities of everyday material spaces and practices of parenting currently under scrutiny within children's geographies and geographies of parenting, and brings these subdisciplines into dialogue with carceral geography. Concerned specifically with the intimate, embodied and sometimes banal practices of parenting in this constrained and highly surveilled context, it draws attention to previously overlooked spaces and identities of situated fathering.

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Family leisure, family photography and zoos: exploring the emotional geographies of families

Cited by 64 publications

References 26 publications

Family experiences of visitor attractions in New Zealand: differing opportunities for ‘family time’ and ‘own time’

Family experiences of visitor attractions in New Zealand: differing opportunities for ‘family time’ and ‘own time’

The Socialization of Families Away from Home: Group Dynamics and Family Functioning on Holiday

‘Daddy is a difficult word for me to hear’: carceral geographies of parenting and the prison visiting room as a contested space of situated fathering

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