Crossing the Iron Curtain : An introduction
(2019) In Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe p.1-20- Abstract
- Focusing on Western tourism behind the Iron Curtain, this chapter introduces the main research questions addressed in the volume: firstly, how and why Eastern Europe became a tourist destination for citizens of the West; secondly, what impact this had on the development of a tourism industry in the Eastern bloc; and thirdly, to what extent the experiences of Western tourists in Eastern Europe influenced mutual perceptions and Cold War stereotypes of “the other.” The chapter situates these questions in three debates in recent historiography: the histories of transnational tourism, the cultural Cold War, and mobilities in the supposedly backward and static societies in Eastern Europe.
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- author
- Bechmann Pedersen, Sune LU and Noack, Christian
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- tourism history, Tourist Development, Cold war, Eastern and Central Europe, Soviet Union, 20th century history
- host publication
- Tourism and Travel during the Cold War : Negotiating Tourist Experiences across the Iron Curtain - Negotiating Tourist Experiences across the Iron Curtain
- series title
- Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
- editor
- Bechmann Pedersen, Sune and Noack, Christian
- pages
- 1 - 20
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85079315010
- ISBN
- 978-0-367-19212-9
- 978-0-429-20112-7
- project
- Holidays behind the Iron Curtain: The Politics of Scandinavian Tourism to Communist Europe, 1945–1989
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- fe106e19-56d1-41ee-81dc-f714210a759e
- date added to LUP
- 2019-04-17 18:15:39
- date last changed
- 2024-09-17 17:24:32
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