Lifestyling Entrepreneurs' Sociological Expressionism

Sweeney, Majella; Docherty-Hughes, John; Lynch, Paul

Abstract

This study explores the tourism host-home relationship investigated through documentary analysis of photographs choreographed through mutual negotiation between hosts and researcher (collaborative auto-driving) and participants' spoken narratives (photo-elicitation interviews); we identify the significance for tourism product construction. Major findings concern the sociological expressionism of the tourism lifestyle entrepreneur who creates a certain personal brand identity or 'lifestyling' through their commercial home presentation; 'private', 'inclusive' and 'temporal' classification categories of hosts' favourite spaces in the home are identified, based upon the individual spatial management strategies employed. Depictions of favourite spaces emphasised emotional and sensorial dimensions rather than material things present, and were described as spaces of contentment and tranquillity essential for energising hosts in the ongoing production of the commercial home.

Citation

Sweeney, M., Docherty-Hughes, J., & Lynch, P. (2018). Lifestyling Entrepreneurs' Sociological Expressionism. Annals of Tourism Research, 69, 90-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.01.006

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 29, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Feb 20, 2018
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jan 30, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 16, 2018
• Journal: Annals of Tourism Research
• Print ISSN: 0160-7383
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 69
• Pages: 90-100
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.01.006
• Keywords: tourism host-home relationship; commercial home; collaborative auto-driving; photo-elicitation; tourism lifestyle entrepreneur; material/immaterial Corresponding Author: Professor Paul Lynch, PhD Corresponding Author's Institution: Edinburgh Napier Univer
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1032248
• Contract Date: Jan 30, 2018