Masculinities in the Field

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.

• ContributorsForewordNigel Morgan and Annette PritchardIntroduction - Issues in the Field: Masculinities in Masculine SpacesBrooke A. Porter, Heike A. Schänzel and Joseph M. CheerPart 1: Hegemonic and Heteronormative Masculinities 1 It's Okay to Cry: Encouraging Emotional Writing Among Male Tourism ScholarsJack Shepherd2 When Is a Hegemonic Male Not a Hegemonic Male? Personal Reflections of a Tourism(ish) ResearcherNeil Carr3 Exploring the Expression of the Masculine in Adventure Activities: A Personal ReflectionMark B. Orams4 Meditations on Masculinity: Encounters in Salty Research SpacesJacques D. Mahler-Coetzee Part 2: Performing Heteronormative Masculinities5 Performing and Negotiating Filipino Masculinities in the FieldRichard S. Aquino6 How Masculinity Creeps In: Awkward Field Encounters of a Male ResearcherCan-Seng OoiPart 3: Situated Masculinities7 A Tale of Two Researchers: Masculinity in Cross-cultural ContextsJoseph M. Cheer and Alan A. Lew8 Gender, Identity and Discomfort: Negotiating Self and Context in the FieldDominic Lapointe9 Journeying into Yogaland: A Cautionary Tale of a White Guy's Perspectives on Yoga-related Fieldwork in JapanPatrick McCartney10 A Mzungu in Kenya: Dissonant Masculinity and Ethnographic Field Research in Sub-Saharan AfricaGary Lacey11 Doing Fieldwork in Palestine: Checkpoints, Access Restrictions, Security and Well-beingRami K. IsaacPart 4: Paternal Masculinities12 Finding Gender at the Intersection of Family and Field: Family Presences in SwedenStuart Reid13 Fatherhood in the Field: Reflections on Kinship, Identity and Ethnographic ResearchMichael A. Di GiovineMasculinities in Tourism Research: Implications and ConclusionsJoseph M. Cheer, Heike A. Schänzel and Brooke A. PorterIndex

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.