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T1  - Cultural Experiences in Florence and Italy : The Grand Tour Narrative in the 21st Century 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/317312 
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A1  - Birindelli, Pierluca 
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Y1  - 2019 
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AB  - In this article I explore various current myths that lead foreigners, especially North Europeans and North Americans, to choose to visit/live in Florence or Tuscany for a while or forever. Is it possible to discern any shared, collective representations? If so, how do such myths fit into the contemporary everyday life of the city? Can we identify a pathway from the aesthetic quest for “authentic” Italian life to cultural encounters with Italians in the flesh? My hypothesis is that one of the lei... 
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KW  - 5141 Sociology; Grand Tour; narrative; culture; travel; experience; romantic myth; Florence and Italy; IMAGINARIES; WORLD; WORKS 
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