ABSTRACT

Guidebooks have a privileged role in tourism as they direct bodily engagement with destinations, and yet few feminist leisure scholars have analysed guidebooks. This paper applies a feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) to explore Lonely Planet’s online travel advice for women. The results of the FCDA reveal that Lonely Planet advice acts to subvert women travellers’ anger, particularly when confronted with gender-based violence such as sexual harassment. The guidance offered to women travellers transmits the message that anger at gender-based violence is not legitimate and suggests that feeling anger when abroad is culturally inappropriate. This paper contributes to the literature by demonstrating that women’s anger is routinely subverted, particularly in contexts where freedom is ostensibly promised, such as leisure. The findings of this paper illustrate the value in applying FCDA to instances of otherwise hidden subversion and oppression and should inform future advice offered to women travellers.

摘要

旅游指南在旅游业中具有特殊的作用，因为它们指导身体与目的地的接触，但很少有女权主义休闲学者分析旅游指南。本文应用女权主义批判性话语分析（FCDA）来探讨孤独星球为女性提供的在线旅行建议。FCDA 的结果显示，孤独星球的建议可以平息女性旅行者的愤怒，特别是在面临性骚扰等基于性别的暴力时。向女性旅行者提供的指南传达了这样的信息：对性别暴力的愤怒是不合法的，并表明在国外感到愤怒在文化上是不合适的。本文通过证明女性的愤怒通常会被颠覆，特别是在表面上承诺自由的情况下（例如休闲），对文献做出了贡献。