All Outputs (15)

Women and tourism (2013)
Book Chapter

Many people regard travel as an integral part of their leisure and work lives. Flying from A to B, hopping on and off a train, taking a road trip, and setting sail on a cruise offer the promise of excitement and escape from daily routines. Tourism, h... Read More about Women and tourism.

'Wish YOU weren't here!': Interpersonal conflicts and the touristic experiences of Norwegian and British women travelling with friends (2011)
Journal Article

Tourism is often portrayed by the tourism industry, tourists themselves and tourism scholars as a liminoid site of escape, happiness and freedom from constraint. For many, however, holidays do not live up to this expectation. This paper challenges th... Read More about 'Wish YOU weren't here!': Interpersonal conflicts and the touristic experiences of Norwegian and British women travelling with friends.

The research-teaching nexus: A case study of students' awareness, experiences and perceptions of research (2010)
Journal Article

This paper presents a case study of students' awareness, experiences and perceptions of research in a 'new' university in the UK. The findings are based on a questionnaire of almost 200 students and five small group interviews. Many of the students p... Read More about The research-teaching nexus: A case study of students' awareness, experiences and perceptions of research.

Tourism and the sexualisation of the gaze: Solo female tourists' experiences of gendered power, surveillance and embodiment (2008)
Journal Article

This article investigates the exercise of power through the sexualisation of women as both subjects and objects of the gaze(s) of men in tourism. More specifically, the research addresses ways in which this surveillance impacts on the embodied experi... Read More about Tourism and the sexualisation of the gaze: Solo female tourists' experiences of gendered power, surveillance and embodiment.

Performing tourism: Exploring the productive consumption of tourism in enclavic spaces (2008)
Journal Article

In this paper the interactive nature of touristic encounters in enclavic spaces is explored. Drawing on concepts of tourism as performative practice, it examines tourist experience as a form of productive consumption in which holidays are shaped by i... Read More about Performing tourism: Exploring the productive consumption of tourism in enclavic spaces.

Internationalisation in hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism higher education: A call for further reflexivity in curriculum development (2008)
Journal Article

Giving the globe a sporting chance: Exploring the potentially problematic relationship between sport tourism and sustainable development (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Nuts, zoo, and the mediation of a youthful masculinity (2008)
Journal Article

Nuts and Zoo, two mass market “men's lifestyle” magazines aimed specifically at young men were launched in Britain in 2004. With their tabloidesque presentation and irreverent editorial style, initial sales of the weeklies were an unprecedented succe... Read More about Nuts, zoo, and the mediation of a youthful masculinity.

Reflexivity and curriculum development: A personal perspective on internationalisation (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Academic renewal: Innovation in leisure and tourism (2007)
Book

Life's a beach and then we diet: Discourses of tourism and the "beach body" in UK women's lifestyle magazines (2006)
Book Chapter

Teaching and research (2005)
Book Chapter

We're not stupid... but we'll not stay home either: Experiences of solo women travellers (2005)
Journal Article

Food for thought: Discourses of tourism and the body (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Tourism, gender and corporeality: Disciplining the body for the beach (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution