Andrea Bagnato & Francesca Tarocco: 'Terra Infecta' [Talk]

Join us at Marco Polo Bookshop in Venice for a special launch and conversation between Andrea Bagnato and historian Francesca Tarocco who will discuss Bagnato's new book Terra Infecta: Disease and the Italian Landscape.

Thursday 11 June 
19.30

Libreria Marco Polo
Sestiere Dorsoduro, 2899
30123 Venezia VE
Italy

More about Terra Infecta 

In Terra Infecta, Andrea Bagnato tells an unfamiliar story about a well-known place. Since the early days of tourism, the cities and landscapes of Italy have been bywords for beauty and grandeur. But, at home and abroad, the same places have also been haunted by associations with disease and uncleanliness, often more to do with politics than conditions on the ground.

In this gripping narrative study, Bagnato shows how the modern quest for sanitation shaped Italy’s urban and rural landscapes, propelling major transformations from the draining of the wetlands around Venice, to demolitions and replanning in Naples, to the expulsion of the inhabitants of ancient Matera. He argues that current north–south inequalities are founded on spurious medical narratives, and focuses on the real impact on the people caught in their ministrations.

Can't make it? Order a copy here.