La rivista "Sicilia" e l'invenzione di un'immagine moderna della regione fra gli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta del Novecento

The following paper provides an outline of the modernization processes which have affected Sicily in the postwar period, and namely tourism and industrialization. The account is based on the informations provided by the magazine «Sicilia», the official press service of the regional Department for Tourism. On one side, a publication aimed at promoting the “renewal” of the Region represents in author’s view the will to solve the problems deriving from geographical marginality and economical underdevelopment of Sicily. On the other, «Sicilia» represents the opportunity to retrace the forces which have transformed the regional landscape and its image through an intricate process of construction that Alain Roger called artialisation.