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Title: 'Journeys in Second Life' - Iranian Muslim women's behaviour in virtual tourist destinations Author(s): Tavakoli, R (Tavakoli, Rokhshad); Mura, P (Mura, Paolo)
Source: TOURISM MANAGEMENT Volume: 46 Pages: 398-407 DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.07.015 Published: FEB 2015 Times Cited in Web of Science Core Collection: 8
Total Times Cited: 8
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Abstract: While corporeal patterns of mobility continue to increase, virtual tourism has become a widespread social practice in contemporary society. Despite this, tourists' experiences in virtual tourist destinations remain relatively unexplored. This is particularly true if Iranian women's gendered identities and patterns of behaviour in virtual tourist destinations are referred to. In order to fill this gap, this paper explores Iranian female tourists' patterns of behaviour travelling in Second Life. Driven by an interpretivist approach, this study employs virtual ethnography, also known as netnography. The findings show that in virtual tourist spaces the participants reject
'subordinated' gender-based stereotypes concerning Muslim women's bodily representations in Iran. However, their gendered performances also accept other 'subordinated' stereotypical representations of femininity, mostly reiterated by the media in many Western societies. Overall, this paper provides a more in-depth understanding of Iranian women's tourist behaviour in virtual tourist destinations, a topic neglected by tourism academics. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Accession Number: WOS:000344208600039 Language: English
Document Type: Article
Author Keywords: Virtual tourism; Netnography; Tourist behaviour; Gender; Women; Iran; Religion; Second Life KeyWords Plus: REALITY; GAMES
Addresses: [Tavakoli, Rokhshad; Mura, Paolo] Taylors Univ, Sch Hosp Tourism & Culinary Arts, Subang Jaya 47500, Selangor, Malaysia.
Reprint Address: Tavakoli, R (reprint author), Taylors Univ, Sch Hosp Tourism & Culinary Arts, Lakeside Campus 1 Jalan Taylors, Subang Jaya 47500, Selangor, Malaysia.
E-mail Addresses: [email protected]; [email protected] Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Publisher Address: THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND Web of Science Categories: Environmental Studies; Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism; Management
Research Areas: Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Social Sciences - Other Topics; Business & Economics IDS Number: AS3XN
ISSN: 0261-5177 eISSN: 1879-3193
29-char Source Abbrev.: TOURISM MANAGE ISO Source Abbrev.: Tourism Manage.
Source Item Page Count: 10 Open Access: No
Output Date: 2017-11-15
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