Manifestations of gender and paradoxes in marketing materials of Icelandic tourism

This article explores images in Icelandic tourism promotion and marketing. The empirical material presented is of two origins. First, images from tourist brochures promoting rural tourism in Iceland are explored. Second, the content of national marketing campaigns associated with marketing diversifi...

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Main Authors: Alessio, Dominic, Huijbens, Edward H., Jóhannsdóttir, Anna Lísa
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: School of Social Sciences 2023
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sex
Online Access:https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3745
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3745 2023-11-12T04:19:09+01:00 Manifestations of gender and paradoxes in marketing materials of Icelandic tourism Birtingarmyndir kyngervis og þversagnir í markaðsefni íslenskrar ferðaþjónustu Alessio, Dominic Huijbens, Edward H. Jóhannsdóttir, Anna Lísa 2023-10-15 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3745 isl ice School of Social Sciences https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3745/2327 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3745 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 The Icelandic Society; Vol. 3 No. 1 (2012): Issue of 2012; 19-40 Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 3 Nr. 1 (2012): Árshefti 2012; 19-40 Kyngervi Ísland myndir pólitík eftirlendufræði kynlíf ferðamennska Gender Iceland images politics post-colonialism sex tourism info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Ritrýnd grein 2023 fticelandunivojs 2023-10-18T22:54:52Z This article explores images in Icelandic tourism promotion and marketing. The empirical material presented is of two origins. First, images from tourist brochures promoting rural tourism in Iceland are explored. Second, the content of national marketing campaigns associated with marketing diversification in Icelandic tourism in the first years of the millennium, is detailed. The exploration is specifically focused on female representations in the marketing material and the discussion hinges on theories of images and gender in tourism studies. What is demonstrated is the paradox of women being objectified in a nation internationally recognised for successes in introducing gender equality. Thus an interesting perspective emerges for those studying processes of othering, which is traditionally associated with exoticism and race, effectively highlighting the role of gender and representations of femininity. The article concludes with some thoughts on how tourism promoters in Iceland could possibly make use of the country’s reputation in terms of gender equality and thus how tourism could help undermine hegemonic patriarchal discourses, which seemingly sustain the paradox observed. Í þessari grein verður kynningarefni íslenskrar ferðaþjónustu tekið til skoðunar. Annarsvegar er horft til myndefnis bæklinga ferðaþjónustu á landsbyggð og hinsvegar til inntaks markaðsherferða sem gerðar voru á upphafsárum 21. aldar. Greining á þessu kynningarefni horfir sérstaklega á stöðu kvenna og byggir á umræðu um kyngervi og ímyndir í rannsóknum í ferðamálum. Það sem kemur í ljós er þversögn, þar sem konur eru að jafnaði settar fram sem kynverur, tilbúnar til neyslu fyrir hinn erlenda karlkyns ferðalang, hjá norrænni þjóð sem stærir sig af jafnrétti kynjanna. Þannig birtist áhugavert sjónarhorn fyrir þá sem áhuga hafa á að rýna í „öðrun“ (e. othering) og framsetningu hins framandi. Hefð er fyrir að skoða hlutverk kynþáttar í öðrun og vissulega skiptir hann máli þegar rýnt er í framsetningu hins framandi, en eins og efni þessarar ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Gerðar ENVELOPE(-20.878,-20.878,63.834,63.834) Kvenna ENVELOPE(18.430,18.430,69.216,69.216)
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language Icelandic
topic Kyngervi
Ísland
myndir
pólitík
eftirlendufræði
kynlíf
ferðamennska
Gender
Iceland
images
politics
post-colonialism
sex
tourism
spellingShingle Kyngervi
Ísland
myndir
pólitík
eftirlendufræði
kynlíf
ferðamennska
Gender
Iceland
images
politics
post-colonialism
sex
tourism
Alessio, Dominic
Huijbens, Edward H.
Jóhannsdóttir, Anna Lísa
Manifestations of gender and paradoxes in marketing materials of Icelandic tourism
topic_facet Kyngervi
Ísland
myndir
pólitík
eftirlendufræði
kynlíf
ferðamennska
Gender
Iceland
images
politics
post-colonialism
sex
tourism
description This article explores images in Icelandic tourism promotion and marketing. The empirical material presented is of two origins. First, images from tourist brochures promoting rural tourism in Iceland are explored. Second, the content of national marketing campaigns associated with marketing diversification in Icelandic tourism in the first years of the millennium, is detailed. The exploration is specifically focused on female representations in the marketing material and the discussion hinges on theories of images and gender in tourism studies. What is demonstrated is the paradox of women being objectified in a nation internationally recognised for successes in introducing gender equality. Thus an interesting perspective emerges for those studying processes of othering, which is traditionally associated with exoticism and race, effectively highlighting the role of gender and representations of femininity. The article concludes with some thoughts on how tourism promoters in Iceland could possibly make use of the country’s reputation in terms of gender equality and thus how tourism could help undermine hegemonic patriarchal discourses, which seemingly sustain the paradox observed. Í þessari grein verður kynningarefni íslenskrar ferðaþjónustu tekið til skoðunar. Annarsvegar er horft til myndefnis bæklinga ferðaþjónustu á landsbyggð og hinsvegar til inntaks markaðsherferða sem gerðar voru á upphafsárum 21. aldar. Greining á þessu kynningarefni horfir sérstaklega á stöðu kvenna og byggir á umræðu um kyngervi og ímyndir í rannsóknum í ferðamálum. Það sem kemur í ljós er þversögn, þar sem konur eru að jafnaði settar fram sem kynverur, tilbúnar til neyslu fyrir hinn erlenda karlkyns ferðalang, hjá norrænni þjóð sem stærir sig af jafnrétti kynjanna. Þannig birtist áhugavert sjónarhorn fyrir þá sem áhuga hafa á að rýna í „öðrun“ (e. othering) og framsetningu hins framandi. Hefð er fyrir að skoða hlutverk kynþáttar í öðrun og vissulega skiptir hann máli þegar rýnt er í framsetningu hins framandi, en eins og efni þessarar ...
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author Alessio, Dominic
Huijbens, Edward H.
Jóhannsdóttir, Anna Lísa
author_facet Alessio, Dominic
Huijbens, Edward H.
Jóhannsdóttir, Anna Lísa
author_sort Alessio, Dominic
title Manifestations of gender and paradoxes in marketing materials of Icelandic tourism
title_short Manifestations of gender and paradoxes in marketing materials of Icelandic tourism
title_full Manifestations of gender and paradoxes in marketing materials of Icelandic tourism
title_fullStr Manifestations of gender and paradoxes in marketing materials of Icelandic tourism
title_full_unstemmed Manifestations of gender and paradoxes in marketing materials of Icelandic tourism
title_sort manifestations of gender and paradoxes in marketing materials of icelandic tourism
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op_source The Icelandic Society; Vol. 3 No. 1 (2012): Issue of 2012; 19-40
Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Bnd. 3 Nr. 1 (2012): Árshefti 2012; 19-40
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