Masculinities in the Field: Tourism and Transdisciplinary Research

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 masculinities. The book is organised into four sections: hegemonic and heteronormative masculinities, performing heteronormative masculinities, situated masculinities and paternal masculinities. The chapters explore the question of what it means to be a ‘man’ and definitions of masculinities. These reflexive accounts of gendered field experiences further the call for gender positionality in research and will aid tourism researchers and other transdisciplinary scholars. It is a useful tool for supervisors, ethics committee members and researchers (male and female).

Table of Contents:
Contributors Foreword Nigel Morgan and Annette Pritchard Introduction - Issues in the Field: Masculinities in Masculine Spaces Brooke A. Porter, Heike A. Schänzel and Joseph M. Cheer Part 1: Hegemonic and Heteronormative Masculinities  1 It's Okay to Cry: Encouraging Emotional Writing Among Male Tourism Scholars Jack Shepherd 2 When Is a Hegemonic Male Not a Hegemonic Male? Personal Reflections of a Tourism(ish) Researcher Neil Carr 3 Exploring the Expression of the Masculine in Adventure Activities: A Personal Reflection Mark B. Orams 4 Meditations on Masculinity: Encounters in Salty Research Spaces Jacques D. Mahler-Coetzee  Part 2: Performing Heteronormative Masculinities 5 Performing and Negotiating Filipino Masculinities in the Field Richard S. Aquino 6 How Masculinity Creeps In: Awkward Field Encounters of a Male Researcher Can-Seng Ooi Part 3: Situated Masculinities 7 A Tale of Two Researchers: Masculinity in Cross-cultural Contexts Joseph M. Cheer and Alan A. Lew 8 Gender, Identity and Discomfort: Negotiating Self and Context in the Field Dominic Lapointe 9 Journeying into Yogaland: A Cautionary Tale of a White Guy's Perspectives on Yoga-related Fieldwork in Japan Patrick McCartney 10 A Mzungu in Kenya: Dissonant Masculinity and Ethnographic Field Research in Sub-Saharan Africa Gary Lacey 11 Doing Fieldwork in Palestine: Checkpoints, Access Restrictions, Security and Well-being Rami K. Isaac Part 4: Paternal Masculinities 12 Finding Gender at the Intersection of Family and Field: Family Presences in Sweden Stuart Reid 13 Fatherhood in the Field: Reflections on Kinship, Identity and Ethnographic Research Michael A. Di Giovine Masculinities in Tourism Research: Implications and Conclusions Joseph M. Cheer, Heike A. Schänzel and Brooke A. Porter Index

About the Author :
Brooke A. Porter is Associate Professor of Food & Sustainability Studies, Umbra Institute, Perugia, Italy. Her research interests include marine and aquatic conservation, tourism as a development, conservation and management strategy and social entrepreneurship tourism. Heike A. Schänzel is Associate Professor and Programme Leader Postgraduate in International Tourism Management at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Her research interests include tourist behaviour, families in tourism, sociality in tourism and gender issues. Joseph M. Cheer is Research Professor, Wakayama University, Japan and Adjunct Research Fellow, Monash University, Australia. His research interests include social-ecological resilience, Asia-Pacific, tourism geographies and anthropology of tourism.

Review :
This book is a breath of fresh air in the field of gender and tourism – timely, brave and thought-provoking. Each chapter takes the reader on an intriguing journey that captures the nuanced meanings and intimate reflections of masculinities. Chapter by chapter, the book elegantly enhances our understanding of gendered biases in fieldwork. This is a most welcome addition to critical tourism scholarship and masculinities studies. 15 male authors reflect personally and candidly on the challenges, privileges, awkward dynamics but also fortunate access that their masculinities afford them in fieldwork and tourism research. A must-read for anybody interested in uncovering what it means to be a man, and also the process of becoming one, through reflexive thinking and lived experiences in the tourism field. This collection is a worthy and engaging successor to its predecessor, Femininities in the Field. The editors and contributing authors reflect deeply about an eerily silent domain within the literature – masculine positionalities in tourism fieldwork. A refreshing call to action for open-mindedness and reflection about engrained gendered-ness in tourism. This book is fascinating reading for a broadly diversified audience from any perspective. The design of the book makes it equally suitable for students or academics. Students and researchers in fields such as tourism, geography, leisure, sociology and cultural studies may find this book appealing.