The past as staged-real environment: Communism revisited in the crazy guides communism tours, Krakow, Poland

Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-153

  Knudsen, Britta Timm ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experiential environments; Local pride; Nostalgia; Nowa Huta. post 1989 identity; Staging communist heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008814526     PISSN: 14766825     EISSN: 17477654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2010.510195     Document Type: Article

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