The subversion of women's anger in travel guidebooks

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Jeffrey, H. and Stephens, S. 2023. The subversion of women's anger in travel guidebooks. Annals of Leisure Research. 26 (3), pp. 454-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2020.1865174
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TitleThe subversion of women's anger in travel guidebooks
AuthorsJeffrey, H. and Stephens, S.
Abstract

Guidebooks have a privileged role in tourism as they direct bodily engagement with destinations, and yet few feminist leisure scholars have analysed guidebooks. This paper applies a feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) to explore Lonely Planet’s online travel advice for women. The results of the FCDA reveal that Lonely Planet advice acts to subvert women travellers’ anger, particularly when confronted with gender-based violence such as sexual harassment. The guidance offered to women travellers transmits the message that anger at gender-based violence is not legitimate and suggests that feeling anger when abroad is culturally inappropriate. This paper contributes to the literature by demonstrating that women’s anger is routinely subverted, particularly in contexts where freedom is ostensibly promised, such as leisure. The findings of this paper illustrate the value in applying FCDA to instances of otherwise hidden subversion and oppression and should inform future advice offered to women travellers.

KeywordsWomen travellers; guidebooks; on-line travel; feminist critical discourse analysis; inequality; power
Research GroupCorporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics group
PublisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
JournalAnnals of Leisure Research
ISSN1174-5398
Electronic2159-6816
Publication dates
Online14 Jan 2021
Print27 May 2023
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Deposited27 Jan 2021
Submitted31 Jan 2020
Accepted14 Dec 2020
Output statusPublished
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Annals of Leisure Research on 14 January 2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/11745398.2020.1865174

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2020.1865174
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