Introduction: Venice And The Urban Night Part 1: Consuming Venice's Urban Night 1. Inventing The Local NTE: The Coming Of Age Of Contemporary Urban Night 2. Setting Boundaries: Rules And Regulations Shaping Venice's Urban Night 3. Conflating Contrasting Needs: Nightscapes Between Neoliberalism And The (Post)Pandemic Part 2: Living For The Night 4. Let's Go Out Tonight: Individual And Collective Nocturnal Practices 5. When Night Falls And Lights Are Low: The Normative Body Regulating Nocturnal Practices 6. Recounting Night Strolls: Post-Representational Mapping Of Nightscapes Part 3: Narrating Local Nightscapes 7. Did You Hear About Last Night? Journalistic Narratives Of The Urban Night 8. "It Was A Dark And Stormy Night": Themes And Tropes In Literary Narratives Of The Urban Night 9. On A Winter's Night: Navigating Venice Literary Nightscapes Conclusion: Genius Loci, Genius Noctis
Biography
Giuseppe Tomasella is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World (DiSSGeA), University of Padova, Italy. His research explores urban cultural phenomena – with particular focus on night studies, literary approaches to the city and tourism governance, especially in Venice. Currently, he is investigating strategies for deterring undesired tourist flows and mobilities. He has published on topics ranging from urban nights to place-making practices in historic cities.
