Masculinities in the field : tourism and transdisciplinary research /
edited by Brooke A. Porter, Heike A. Schänzel and Joseph M. Cheer.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : issues in the field : masculinities in masculine spaces / Hegemonic and heteronormative masculinities : it's okay to cry : encouraging emotional writing amongst male tourism scholars / When is a hegemonic male not a hegemonic male? : personal reflections of a tourism(ish) researcher / Exploring the expression of the masculine in adventure activities : a personal reflection / Meditations on masculinity : encounters in salty research spaces / Performing heteronormative masculinities : performing and negotiating Filipino masculinities in the field / How masculinity creeps in : awkward field encounters of a male researcher / Situated masculinities : a tale of two researchers : masculinity in cross-cultural contexts / Gender, identity and discomfort : negotiating self and context on the field / Journeying into yogaland : a cautionary tale of a white guy's perspectives on yoga-related fieldwork in Japan / A Mzungu in Kenya : dissonant masculinity and ethnographic field research in sub-Saharan Africa / Doing fieldwork in Palestine : checkpoints, accessibility, security and well-being / Paternal masculinities : finding gender at the intersection of family and field : family presences in Sweden / Fatherhood in the field : reflections on kinship, identity, and ethnographic research / Masculinities in tourism research : implications and conclusions / Brooke A. Porter, Heike A. Schänzel and Joseph Cheer -- Jack Shepherd -- Neil Carr -- Mark B. Orams -- Jacques Mahler-Coetzee -- Richard Aquino -- Can-Seng Ooi -- Joseph Cheer and Alan Lew -- Dominic Lapointe -- Patrick McCartney -- Gary Lacey -- Rami Isaac -- Stuart Reid -- Michael A. Di Giovine -- Joseph Cheer, Heike A. Schänzel and Brooke A. Porter.
"This volume is an essential reference for designing, analysing and reflecting on field research. It advances the literature on gender by taking a specific focus on masculinity. The accounts of gendered field experiences further the call for gender positionality in research, will aid researchers and be a useful tool for supervisors"--