02717nam 22006615 450 991082746100332120230205051310.01-4426-1756-X1-4426-1755-110.3138/9781442617551(CKB)3710000000356560(EBL)3297051(SSID)ssj0001535087(PQKBManifestationID)11819235(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001535087(PQKBWorkID)11498907(PQKB)11690539(CEL)449533(OCoLC)913977359(CaBNVSL)thg00930605(MiAaPQ)EBC3297051(MiAaPQ)EBC4669690(DE-B1597)498499(DE-B1597)9781442617551(OCoLC)909285559(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106607(EXLCZ)99371000000035656020181023d2018 fg engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Beautiful Country Tourism and the Impossible State of Destination Italy /Stephanie Malia HomToronto :University of Toronto Press,[2018]©20151 online resource (328 p.)Toronto Italian Studies1-4426-4872-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Toronto Italian studies.TourismItalyHistoryTourismPolitical aspectsItalyItalyfastHistory.Electronic books. TourismHistory.TourismPolitical aspects338.479145Hom Stephanie Malia 715542DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910827461003321The Beautiful Country4079601UNINA