The femininity of female employees in tourism in China: a gender performativity perspective

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Acknowledgements

Special thanks to my doctoral thesis supervisor Professor Honggang Xu, who has gave me theoretical inspiration and guidance on the earlier versions of this thesis. Equal gratitude is owned to the editors Dr. Lena Grip and Dane Salcedo and the anonymous Gender, Place and Culture reviewers who have offered invaluable help in developing this thesis.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China [No.41371156].

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Hui Wang

Hui Wang received the Ph.D. degree in Tourism from Sun Yat-Sen University in 2019. Hui’s research interests focus on tourism gendered workers, tourism development and environmental sustainability. Her recent academic writing include “Queering Gender and Labour in Asian Tourism” (Tourism Geographies, upcoming), “Research on informal tour guides’ spatial challenge and gender strategy—A case of Yangshuo west street” (Journal of China Tourism Research), and “Are Grassroots Sport Events Good for Migrant Cities’ Sustainable Development? A Case Study of the Shenzhen 100km Hikathon” (Sustainability).