ABSTRACT
The chapter examines the developing discourses of feminist and gender theory as these have been applied to the study of leisure, tourism and heritage landscapes. The discourse of gendered space, developed by geographers but now gaining increasing credibility within leisure and tourism studies, forms the third discourse to be discussed in this chapter. Spatialised feminism refers to feminist analysis that identifies and explains the spatial dimensions of power relations between the sexes. These spatial dimensions include the differential use, control, power and domination of landscapes and can often be seen in the representation and consumption of spaces and places. Gender, race or class consciousness is an achievement forced on us by the terrible historical experience of the contradictory social realities of patriarchy, colonialism, racism and capitalism. The chapter has sought to contextualise and engender tourism and heritage landscapes by teasing out the multiplicity of interconnections between space, place and gender.
