The beautiful country : tourism and the state of destination Italy
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The beautiful country : tourism and the state of destination Italy
(Toronto Italian studies)
University of Toronto Press, c2015
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-292) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Every year, Italy swells with millions of tourists who infuse the economy with billions of dollars and almost outnumber Italians themselves. In fact, Italy has been a model tourist destination for longer than it has been a modern state. The Beautiful Country explores the enduring popularity of "destination Italy," and its role in the development of the global mass tourism industry. Stephanie Malia Hom tracks the evolution of this particular touristic imaginary through texts, practices, and spaces, beginning with the guidebooks that frame Italy as an idealized land of leisure and finishing with destination Italy's replication around the world. Today, more tourists encounter Italy through places like Las Vegas's The Venetian Hotel and Casino or Dubai's Mercato shopping mall than experience the country in Italy itself. 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.
Table of Contents
Introduction Texts 1. Codes of Travel: Italy's Guidebook Tradition 2. Italian Montage: On Rhetoric & Representations Practices 3. Destination Nation: The Grand Tour, Thomas Cook, & the Arrival of Mass Tourism 4. Tours of Duty: Touring Clubs, Fascist Agencies, & the Domestic Tourism Industry 5. Masses in Transit: The New Economy of Tourism in the 20th Century Spaces 6. Italy Without Borders: Simulacra, Simulation, & the Postmodern Grand Tour 7. Postmodern Passages: Souvenirs, Theme Parks, Outlet Malls, & the Body of the Simulated Nation Conclusion
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