Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Crossing the Iron Curtain : An introduction

Bechmann Pedersen, Sune LU orcid and Noack, Christian (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.
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
and
organization
publishing date
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
  • 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
2024-04-16 02:16:43
@inbook{fe106e19-56d1-41ee-81dc-f714210a759e,
  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.}},
  author       = {{Bechmann Pedersen, Sune and Noack, Christian}},
  booktitle    = {{Tourism and Travel during the Cold War : Negotiating Tourist Experiences across the Iron Curtain}},
  editor       = {{Bechmann Pedersen, Sune and Noack, Christian}},
  isbn         = {{978-0-367-19212-9}},
  keywords     = {{tourism history; Tourist Development; Cold war; Eastern and Central Europe; Soviet Union; 20th century history}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1--20}},
  publisher    = {{Routledge}},
  series       = {{Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe}},
  title        = {{Crossing the Iron Curtain : An introduction}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/70215592/Introduction_Open_Access.pdf}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}