Guide turistiche per viaggiatrici nordamericane in Europa tra Otto e Novecento
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viaggio, guide turistiche, emancipazione femminile, contesto storico-sociale, s. XXAbstract
Il saggio esamina i primi significativi esempi di guide turistiche scritte da, e concepite specificamente per donne nordamericane in viaggio per l’Europa tra Otto e Novecento, contestualizzando tali pubblicazioni nel contesto storico-culturale dell'emancipazione femminile nei primi anni del secolo scorso. Documenti preziosi per ricostruire l'emergere del cosiddetto ideale della New Woman, queste guide presentano interessanti spunti di confronto, da un punto vista ideologico e retorico, con le guide turistiche dominanti (vale a dire pensate per un soggetto universalizzato e, quindi, di sesso maschile).
Tourist Guides for US Women Traveling to Europe in XIX and XX Century
The essay examines the first significant examples of tourist guides, written and conceived for US women traveling to Europe between XIX and XX century, framing those publications in the context of women’s emancipation in the beginning of the XX century. These documents are significant to reconstruct the emergence of the ideal of the New Woman, and they present several elements of contrast, from the ideological and rhetorical standpoint, with dominant tourist guides (namely, planned for a universal user, including men).
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