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Hom Stephanie Malia |
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The Beautiful Country : Tourism and the Impossible State of Destination Italy / / Stephanie Malia Hom |
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-1756-X |
1-4426-1755-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tourism - Italy - History |
Tourism - Political aspects - Italy |
History |
Electronic books. |
Italy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Codes of travel : Italy's guidebook tradition -- Italian montage : on rhetoric and representations -- Destination nation : the grand tour, Thomas Cook, and the arrival of mass tourism -- Tours of duty : touring clubs, fascist agencies, and the domestic tourism industry -- Masses in transit : the new economy of tourism in the twentieth century -- Italy without borders : simulacra, simulation, and the postmodern grand tour -- Postmodern passages : souvenirs, theme parks, outlet malls, and the body of the simulated nation. |
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Using an interdisciplinary methodology that includes archival research, ethnographic fieldwork, literary criticism, and spatial analysis, The Beautiful Country reveals destination Italy's paramount role in the creation of modern mass tourism. |
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