Tourisme et femmes

Antomarchi, Véronique; Barre, Suzanne de la

doi:10.7202/1024874ar

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“…Overall, women are still mostly portrayed through a Western male gaze (Pritchard & Morgan, 2000a), in passive and domestic roles or as sexual objects, whilst men usually appear as authority or active figures (Pritchard, 2001;Antomarchi & de la Barre, 2010;Goffman, 1979;Pingree et al, 1976).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The women analysed in this study touch: domestic objects traditionally associated with feminine The social rank of gender indicates the relationship between men and women through their social and occupational roles. In tourism brochures men usually have the executive (instructing) role, associated with action, power and ownership, whilst women are mostly passive participants (watching, observing or just being there (Sirakaya & Sonmez, 2000), associated with availability and being owned (Selwyn, 1992;Antomarchi & de la Barre, 2010;Kinnaird & Hall, 1994, Swain, 1995. As mentioned above, Romanian women in the TV commercials are most often represented as hosts (either as tourism industry employees or local people), available to service and entertain the generally male tourist.…”

Section: Gendered Hostsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Research has shown that travel motivations and behaviour differ in relation with gender: men prefer more recreation and activity at destination, whilst women prefer relaxation, escapist activities and wellness (Antomarchi & de la Barre, 2010). Men travel to discover the world and women travel to discover themselves.…”

Section: Gendered Tourist Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gendered Constructions of Romania’s Tourist Destination Image

Stoleriu¹

2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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In the context of a rich international literature on country branding, this paper brings new evidence for Romania. The paper explores a new approach in the analysis of Romania's destination image construction in regards with the gender representations communicated through tourism promotion campaigns. Given the frequent sexist representations of Southern and Eastern countries in Western tourism advertising, the paper analyses the reproduction of a similar sexist imagery for Romania, meant to fit the Western male tourists' expectations and confining the Romanian people and destinations into stereotyped gendered roles.

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