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‘It’s Been Nice, but We’re Going Back to Our Lives’: Neo-Tribalism and the Role of Space in a Gay Resort
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Vorobjovas-Pinta, O, It's Been Nice, but We're Going Back to Our Lives': Neo-Tribalism and the Role of Space in a Gay Resort, Neo-tribes: Consumption, leisure and tourism, Palgrave Macmillan, A Hardy, A Bennett, and B Robards (ed), Cham, pp. 71-87. ISBN 978-3-319-68206-8 (2018) [Research Book Chapter]
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DOI: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68207-5_5
Abstract
This chapter offers a review of gay holidays at a gay resort within the scope of neo-tribal theory. Focusing upon the underlying neo-tribal characteristics such as fluidity in membership, shared sentiment, rituals and symbols, this chapter emphasises the importance of space as a point of coherence around which neo-tribes form. The chapter argues that space acts as an agency to enable the aforementioned characteristics. A sense of belonging, connectedness and affinity are the paramount qualities that define the internally embedded culture within a neo-tribe. Vorobjovas-Pinta concludes that space is a fundamental converging characteristic required for a neo-tribe to exist. Space is elevated in its relationship to neo-tribes, in the sense that feelings of collective ownership by the tribe of space, are constitutive of tribal identity itself.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | gay resort, gay tourism, gay travel, neo-tribes, space, travel behaviour, ethnography, critical studies |
Research Division: | Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
Research Group: | Tourism |
Research Field: | Tourist behaviour and visitor experience |
Objective Division: | Commercial Services and Tourism |
Objective Group: | Tourism services |
Objective Field: | Socio-cultural issues in tourism |
UTAS Author: | Vorobjovas-Pinta, O (Dr Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta) |
ID Code: | 125165 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Deposited By: | TSBE |
Deposited On: | 2018-04-04 |
Last Modified: | 2018-12-04 |
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