Representations of territories in popular cartography in Italy in the 30s and 50s and public intervention in tourism

Authors

  • Annunziata Berrino Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
  • Marco Petrella Università degli Studi del Molise

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/2499-1422/6153

Abstract

The essay analyses a corpus of maps produced in Italy since the mid 1930s and shows how the fascist government, in the context of its intervention in tourism, used a figurative and elementary language that well responded to its political aims of broadening consensus by supporting a wide popular participation in forms of social tourism. However, the map analysis shows that the same method of communication was adopted by the dictatorship also to convey other messages for example the enhancement of typical products of some regions, the role of certain provinces in international trade, etc. Finally, the documentation analyses how post-war democratic Italy inherited this iconographic heritage.

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Published

2019-07-05

How to Cite

Berrino, A., & Petrella, M. (2019). Representations of territories in popular cartography in Italy in the 30s and 50s and public intervention in tourism. Eikonocity. History and Iconography of European Cities and Sities, 4(1), 59–77. https://doi.org/10.6092/2499-1422/6153

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