Venice Nightscapes

Consuming, Living, Narrating

Giuseppe Tomasella

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Routledge
18 November 2025

Human geography; Regional geography

Series: Routledge Research in Culture, Space and Identity

This book rethinks the urban night through an interdisciplinary exploration of Venice’s nighttime economies, social practices and cultural narratives. Interpreting nightscapes as lived, contested and imaginative spaces, the book introduces the ‘genius noctis’ – a critical lens for engaging with the identity of the nocturnal city.

Bridging Southern European perspectives with international night studies scholarship, local nightscapes emerge as complex geographical phenomena, resulting from the dynamic interplay of historical and contemporary experiences. This inquiry considers the multiple interdependencies among dominant narratives and alternative understandings while emphasising the roles of darkness in shaping local nightlife ecosystems and urban identities. Aiming at providing hybrid and creative methodologies for the study of urban nights, the analysis interweaves cultural geography, urban studies and literary theory.

This book resonates with researchers and students across cultural geography, urban studies, mobility studies, anthropology and environmental humanities – particularly those investigating nightscapes, Mediterranean urban cultures or interdisciplinary place-based inquiry.

By: Giuseppe Tomasella
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781041070542
ISBN 10: 1041070543
Series: Routledge Research in Culture, Space and Identity
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 18 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.