Prospettive narrative per la Valgrisenche: La scrittura territoriale come chiave di ridefinizione turistica della marginalità
Narrative Perspectives for Valgrisenche: Territorial Writing As a Key to Redefining Tourism Marginality

Summary/Abstract: The essay examines how the notion of “marginality” is discussed within a corpus of narrative texts focusing on the territory of Valgrisenche, in the Aosta Valley (Italy). After reconstructing the cultural and media context of “territorial writings,” we show how the novels reflect the ambitions of a community intending to carve out a more prominent space within tourist circuits. In particular, we look at how the notion of “marginality” is questioned by two factors: the highlighting of the multiple relationships between Valgrisenche and the national and international context; and a representation of the territory in which picturesque tones coexist with the explicit assertion of the region’s tourist interests.

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