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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779186703321

Autore

Light Duncan <1965->

Titolo

The dracula dilemma [[electronic resource] ] : tourism, identity and the state in Romania / / Duncan Light

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England, : Ashgate, c2012

ISBN

1-315-61567-3

1-317-03532-1

1-317-03531-3

1-280-68926-9

9786613666208

1-4094-4022-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

New directions in tourism analysis

Disciplina

914.9804

Soggetti

Tourism - Social aspects - Romania

National characteristics, Romanian

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Tourism, Identity and Popular Culture; 2 The Dracula of Literature; 3 The Historical Dracula; 4 Dracula Tourism in Socialist Romania; 6 Dracula and Tourism in Post-socialist Romania; 7 'Dracula Park'; 8 Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.