1st Edition
Tourism and Heritage in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
By Magdalena Banaszkiewicz
Copyright 2023
228 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Tourism and Heritage in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) uses an ethnographic lens to explore the dissonances associated with the commodification of Chornobyl’s heritage.
The book considers the role of the guides as experience brokers, focusing on the synergy between tourists and guides in the performance of heritage interpretation. Banaszkiewicz proposes to perceive tour guides as... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1. The origin of dissonances; Chapter 2. The shadow of Chornobyl; Chapter 3. Chornobyl tourism; Chapter 4. The guides of the Zone; Chapter 5. The Zone of Revival; Conclusion; References; Index.
Biography
Magdalena Banaszkiewicz, PhD, a cultural anthropologist, affiliated in the Institute of Intercultural Studies, Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Her field of research include heritage and tourism studies, in particular her interests focus on dissonant heritage, touristification process, and sustainability in the Central and Eastern Europe region.
