Embodying everyday masculinities in heritage tourism(s)

Knox, Dan; Hannam, Kevin

Abstract

This chapter traces out the sets of practices that effect the creation of masculine subjects and objects in two tourist settings. It is argued that embodied performances in heritage tourist settings help to concretize and stabilize certain male identities. The Highland Games of Scotland and Viking heritage tourism in Scandinavia form the empirical case-study material from which conceptual insights are drawn and further research agendas proposed.

• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2007
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 263-272
• Book Title: Tourism and Gender: Embodiment, Sensuality and Experience
• ISBN: 9781845932718
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845932718.0263
• Keywords: tourism, gender, embodiment
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1026110
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845932718.0263