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The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism, and Postsocialism on the Black Sea

The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism, and Postsocialism on the Black Sea

Ghodsee, Kristen

Paperback

Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies

AnthropologySocial MovementsWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0822336626
ISBN13: 9780822336624
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Nov 2 2005
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
This compelling ethnography of women working in Bulgaria's popular sea and ski resorts challenges the idea that women have consistently fared worse than men in Eastern Europe's transition from socialism to a market economy. For decades western European tourists have flocked to Bulgaria's beautiful beaches and mountains; tourism is today one of the few successful--and expanding--sectors of the country's economy. Even at the highest levels of management, employment in the tourism industry has long been dominated by women. Kristen Ghodsee explains why this is and how women working in the industry have successfully negotiated their way through Bulgaria's capitalist transformation while the fortunes of most of the population have plummeted. She highlights how, prior to 1989, the communist planners sought to create full employment for all at the same time that they steered women into the service sector. The women given jobs in tourism obtained higher educations, foreign language skills, and experiences working with Westerners, all of which positioned them to take advantage of the institutional changes eventually brought about by privatization.

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