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Violence in independent travel to India

Unpacking patriarchy and neo-colonialism

Kristin Lozanski

University of Alberta, Canada, lozanski{at}ualberta.ca

While western women travelers to India are frequently sexually harassed by Indian men, such men are sometimes subjected to retaliatory violence. Through analyses of the sexual harassment of women travelers and the violent acts committed against Indian men by western travelers, I draw connections between the ways in which individual travelers make sense of sexual harassment and the broader discourses of patriarchy and (neo-)colonialism. Moving beyond the western women and Indian men who figure prominently in constructions of sexual harassment, I argue that both of these forms of violence reproduce a patriarchal colonialism that privileges western men through control of women travelers' mobilities and the emasculation of Indian men.

Key Words: backpackers • gender • heteronormativity • mobility • patriarchy • post-colonialism • racialization • sexual harassment • tourism • violence

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Tourist Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3, 295-315 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1468797608092514
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