Gutsy Women? Conflicting Discourses in Women's Travel Guidebooks

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-11

  Wilson, Erica ^a   Holdsworth, Louise ^a   Witsel, Mieke ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

critical discourse analysis; gender; geography of fear; travel guidebooks; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979496839     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2009.11081570     Document Type: Article

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