The aim of this introductory essay is to offer a broad overview of the histories and geographies of Trieste stressing, in particular, the ways in which interpretations of Trieste's past have been structured by a distinct set of tropes; a distinct set of geographical imaginations. I will argue that it is only by engaging with these recurrent tropes, with these recurrent geographical imaginations, that we can begin to understand the ways in which the city represents its pastand its present. In this sense, the aim of this essay is to provide some necessary historicalbut also 'ideal'context for the more empirical investigations of the city's contemporary and historical geographies that make up this special issue.
'Trieste Nazione' and its geographies of absence / Minca C.. - In: SOCIAL & CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY. - ISSN 1464-9365. - STAMPA. - 10:3(2009), pp. 257-277. [10.1080/14649360902756663]
'Trieste Nazione' and its geographies of absence
Minca C.
2009
Abstract
The aim of this introductory essay is to offer a broad overview of the histories and geographies of Trieste stressing, in particular, the ways in which interpretations of Trieste's past have been structured by a distinct set of tropes; a distinct set of geographical imaginations. I will argue that it is only by engaging with these recurrent tropes, with these recurrent geographical imaginations, that we can begin to understand the ways in which the city represents its pastand its present. In this sense, the aim of this essay is to provide some necessary historicalbut also 'ideal'context for the more empirical investigations of the city's contemporary and historical geographies that make up this special issue.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
