The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism, And Postsocialism On The Black Sea (Next Wave: New Directions In Women'S Studies),New

The Red Riviera: Gender, Tourism, And Postsocialism On The Black Sea (Next Wave: New Directions In Women'S Studies),New

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This compelling ethnography of women working in Bulgarias popular sea and ski resorts challenges the idea that women have consistently fared worse than men in Eastern Europes transition from socialism to a market economy. For decades western European tourists have flocked to Bulgarias beautiful beaches and mountains; tourism is today one of the few successfuland expandingsectors of the countrys 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 Bulgarias 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.Interspersed throughout The Red Riviera are vivid examinations of the lives of Bulgarian women, including a waitress, a tour operator, a chef, a maid, a receptionist, and a travel agent. Through these womens stories, Ghodsee describes their employment prior to 1989 and after. She considers the postsocialist forces that have shaped the tourist industry over the past fifteen years: the emergence of a new democratic state, the small but increasing interest of foreign investors and transnational corporations, and the proliferation of ngos. Ghodsee suggests that many of the ngos, by insisting that Bulgarian women are necessarily disenfranchised, ignore their significant professional successes.

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