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Tourism: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 54 No. 1, 2006.

Original scientific paper

Australian snowsports: Gendered and contested spaces?

Tracey J. Dickson orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-9889-1512 ; Centre for Tourism Research, University of Canberra, Australia
Frances Laneyrie ; Faculty of Business, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Annette Pritchard ; Welsh School of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Management, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK

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Abstract

In seeking to understand the level of women’s participation in snowsports, this
article analyses Australian snowsports tourism images through a scale for
measuring sexism in tourism images and explores the impact of the historically
gendered, contested and fluid nature of the space in which the activities occur.
The results of the analysis highlight the dominance of stereotypical images
which convey men as active and competent participants, while women are often
conveyed as inactive ‘eye candy’. Further reflections and questions are raised
about the application of the scale and the impact of the researchers’ prior
snowsports and life experiences upon what is ‘seen’ in the images and thus the
lack of objectivity of the scale.

Keywords

tourism images; leisure participation; feminist studies

Hrčak ID:

161426

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/161426

Publication date:

8.3.2006.

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