| Title: | ''My daughter would say I am a superwoman'' : performances of women's success in Slovenian tourism and hospitality |
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| Authors: | ID Kuhar, Hana (Author)
ID Trdina, Andreja (Author) |
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| Files: |  Kuhar_2025_My_Daughter_Would_Say.pdf (179,56 KB)
MD5: F67408B78C1672DA21AAACE913216960
 https://doi.org/10.37741/t.73.1.7
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FT - Faculty of Tourism
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| Abstract: | The article examines media portrayals of prominent female managers in Slovenian tourism and hospitality to analyse their success narratives and the underlying ideas shaping their social positions. Using post-feminism (McRobbie, 2004; Banet-Weiser et al., 2020) as a theoretical framework, it explores how gender myths and neoliberal individualism combine to justify female achievement. The study employs the performativity approach (Goffman, 1959; Butler, 1988) to investigate how women navigate and reproduce existing gender and class narratives in their media performances. Media interviews with successful Slovenian female managers in the tourism and hospitality sector were analysed to reveal how gender and class discourses intersect in their self-presentations. The identified self-performing strategies include a) the myth of meritocracy, bolstered by the gendered discourse of greater renunciation, b) the dialectic between references to women’s solidarity and the emphasis on individualism, and c) the portrayal of feminine care and empathy alongside a display of strict discipline and determination. Against the background of the intimate relationship among neoliberal ideology, postfeminism, and media culture, future policies fostering gender equality in the tourism industry should address practices aimed at bridging unequal opportunities and the materiality of language. |
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| Keywords: | performance, gender, myths, postfeminism, tourism, Slovenia |
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| Geographic coverage: | Slovenija |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 02.09.2024 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 29.08.2024 |
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| Publication date: | 29.01.2025 |
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| Publisher: | Institute for Tourism, Croatian National Tourist Board |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | Str. 102-112 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 73, št. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-93486  |
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| UDC: | 338.48:141.72(497.4) |
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| ISSN on article: | 1332-7461 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 224849667 |
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| DOI: | 10.37741/t.73.1.7 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 14.10.2025 |
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| Views: | 157 |
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| Downloads: | 9 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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