Duncan Light

The Dracula Dilemma (eBook, ePUB)

Tourism, Identity and the State in Romania

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the way that Romania has negotiated Dracula tourism over the past four decades. During the communist period (up to 1989) the Romanian state did almost nothing to encourage such tourism but reluctantly tolerated it. However, some discrete local initiatives were developed to cater for Dracula enthusiasts that operated at the margins of legality in a communist state. In the post-communist period (after 1989) any attempt to censor Dracula has disappeared and the private sector in Romania has been swift to exploit the commercial possibilities of the Count.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317035312
• Artikelnr.: 44870879

Autorenporträt

Dr Duncan Light works in the School of Tourism, Bournemouth University, UK. He is a cultural geographer with particular interests in the inter-relationships between tourism, national identity and heritage.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Tourism, identity and popular culture
The Dracula of literature
The historical Dracula
Dracula tourism in socialist Romania
Fiction, history and myth at Dracula's castles
Dracula and tourism in post-socialist Romania
'Dracula Park' Conclusions
References
Index.