Naslov
Seagull between monetary and libidinal economy

Autori
Molvarec, Lana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Borders and Crossings 2019 An interdisciplinary conference on travel and travel writing

Mjesto i datum
Pula, Hrvatska; Brijuni, Hrvatska, 13.09.2018. - 16.09.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
sexual tourism, seagull, libidinal economy, monetary economy, literary representations

Sažetak
The subject of my research is the figure of the seagull in its literary and cultural representations. Diversification of tourist experience has resulted in series of research on specific tourism practices, and one of the most prominent is sexual tourism. Recent research on tourism places an important, almost central role on sex (Littlewood, 2001 ; Bauer i McKercher, 2003 ; Thurnell – Read i Casey (ed.), 2015). The reason for this is the liminality of the tourist experience in general (Ryan and Hall, 2001), the shift from everyday life and capitalist work, the entrance to the leisure space that brings pleasure and new life experiences. Seagull is a mythical figure of Croatian and Yugoslav popular and living culture. It is a young man, mostly from touristic coastal sites, who approaches female tourists with the intent of achieving sexual and romantic contact and is typical for a specific chronotope in the history of Yugoslav tourism. This research links it to the concept of hegemonic masculinity (Connell) and in the context of sexual tourism. The common perception of sexual tourism is a man who pays with money sexual services of a woman. But it does not have to include a straightforward transaction: a male user - a female provider of sexual services - a monetary payment. Often, especially when it comes to a female service user, the relationship takes form of the romance and does not include the monetary payment of the service. I analyze the examples of literary seagulls (Šoljan, Ferić), as well as his representations in popular culture (printed and electronic media) and using modern theoretical and empirical studies of sexual tourism, I examine a relation between monetary and libidinal economy (Lyotard) in the liminal tourist experience and its effects, primarily on masculinity, but also on female gender identity, and the asymmetry of social power as a result of the disbalance of economy and sexuality.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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