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In search of Destination Italy
An interdisciplinary analysis on Italy’s exploitation between idealized dolce vita and global mass tourism
Stephanie Malia Hom, author of The Beautiful Country. Tourism and the Impossible State of Destination Italy (University of Toronto Press, 2015), discusses how her research on Italy as a powerful touristic imaginary can help us to better understand the national history of il bel paese. An interview by Chiara Trebaiocchi (PhD Candidate in Italian Studies at Harvard University).