Hosting as social practice: gendered insights into contemporary tourism mobilities
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Janta, H. and Christou, A. 2019. Hosting as social practice: gendered insights into contemporary tourism mobilities. Annals of Tourism Research. 74, pp. 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.11.008
Type | Article |
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Title | Hosting as social practice: gendered insights into contemporary tourism mobilities |
Authors | Janta, H. and Christou, A. |
Abstract | By giving voice to highly-skilled mobile professional women who have relocated to Switzerland from various European countries, representing different nationalities, duration of migration and family circumstances, we shed light on the experiences of hosting – an under-researched segment of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) mobilities. Our findings reveal a threefold investigation to sociality, tourism and mobility, by drawing on empirical insights to three angles: that of, culture, intimacy and identity as pathways to transformative social practices among hosts and guests. Highly-skilled mobile professional women’s hosting practices reflect a laboratory of sociality whereupon relations of closeness and proximity are tested under new conditions of social and private life in the new destination country. |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Journal | Annals of Tourism Research |
ISSN | 0160-7383 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 02 Dec 2018 |
01 Jan 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 15 Nov 2018 |
Accepted | 20 Nov 2018 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | License |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.11.008 |
Language | English |
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