Red Riviera - Gender, Tourism, and Postsocialism on the Black Sea

Informationen zum Autor Kristen Ghodsee is the John S. Osterwies Associate Professor in Gender and Women’s Studies at Bowdoin College. Klappentext A study of the changes in women's roles in postcommunist Bulgarian society and the workplace! focusing on the tourism industry Zusammenfassung Presenting examinations of the lives of Bulgarian women! this ethnography challenges the idea that women have fared worse than men in Eastern Europe's transition from socialism to a market economy. It also highlights how! prior to 1989! the communist planners sought to create full employment for them and steered women into the service sector. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Shattered Windows, Broken Lives 21 2. Making Mitko Tall 43 3. The Red Riviera 76 4. To the Wolves: Tourism and Economic Transformation 115 5. Feminism-by-Design 151 Appendix A: Tables 175 Appendix B: Formal Interviews 182 Notes 189 Glossary 209 Selected Bibliography 211 Index 223

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kristen Ghodsee
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.11.2005
• EAN: 9780822336624
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3662-4
• Pagine: 277
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali