Transformations of women in tourism work: A case study of emancipation in rural Nepal

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Transformations of women in tourism work: A case study of emancipation in rural Nepal

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The research examined a single case study of a female owned and operated, adventure trekking agency in Nepal. We use the case study to explore and understand the praxis for transformation of women through working, the tourism industry as the mechanism, and the ways in which they experience emancipation through engagement with trekking in remote areas. One of the organisation’s founders and a number of current staff were interviewed through open-ended questions. Their triangulated data were us...

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01 May, 2019

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Wendy Hillman / Kylie Radel

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Nepali women / transformation / emancipation / tourism work / grounded theory / critical theory / hegemony / case study / Impacts of Tourism / Social Change / Recreation, Leisure and Tourism Geography / Impacts of tourism / Social change / Recreation, leisure and tourism geography

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