Abstract
Influenced by the Confucian culture, clan-family structure, and communist ideology, gender inequality still widely exists in modern China. On reflection of the socio-cultural framework that shaped the Chinese gender lens, this study took a “power to” perspective on women empowerment by investigating 28 Guimi-tourists' embodied experience. Upon identifying the core experience of “Return to Innocence,” a resources-agency-achievements framework was constructed to depict the underlying mechanism through which Guimi tourism empowered women to counteract sociocultural constraints. The study offered a context-specific understanding of Guimi tourism and theoretically contributed to women empowerment and tourism, as well as Chinese cultural studies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 971-983 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | International Journal of Tourism Research |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2021 |
Keywords
- China
- Confucianism
- gender equality
- Guimi tourism
- resources-agency-achievements
- women empowerment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Transportation
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
- Nature and Landscape Conservation