Dissonant Heritage in Tourism by Maria Paola Pasini
Interest in dissonant heritage has grown significantly in recent years. Difficult legacies, such as monuments and urban and artistic works, as well as intangible personal and communal experiences are linked to dictatorships, regimes, wars, slavery, and exploitation. In some places, a dissonant heritage creates tension. In other places, difficult histories are cancelled or ignored. But forgetting is not the solution. Critical analysis can help us ‘face the past’ and process it in order to move forward. This applies to tourism as well: ‘Difficult’ places, monuments and experiences become opportunities for gaining and creating knowledge for a public interested in historical issues. At the same time, tourist presence is an incentive for communities to better comprehend their contested past(s). This volume contains contributions by scholars from various countries and different backgrounds, such as historians, architects, and anthropologists, who deal with this topic from different angles. The volume is divided into two parts: the first part concentrates on Italy, while the second part covers other countries in the world.
Maria Paola Pasini, Ph. D, adjunct professor in economic history at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. She teaches tourism history and international tourism communication at the Faculty of Linguistic Sciences and Humanities at the Brescia campus. Luciano Maffi, Ph.D in economic history. He is Professor in Economic and Global History at the University of Parma and has previously held positions at the University of Salento, Bocconi University, University of Genoa, and University of Brescia. Giovanni Gregorini, Full Professor of Economic History at the Catholic University of Milan, where he heads the Department of History and Philology. His research interests include public finance in the XVII century State of Milan and the history of Lombard banking and finance in the XIX and XX centuries.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789048562909 |
| ISBN 10 | 9048562902 |
| Title | Dissonant Heritage in Tourism |
| Author | Maria Paola Pasini |
| Series | Global Heritage And Memory Studies In The Present |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pallas Publications |
| Year published | 2026-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 292 |
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