Many ideas of nation, many national maps

Contrary to the traditional approach to the analytical category of the national map, Tania Rossetto and Laura Lo Presti use it to highlight the cultural pluralism inherent to the national experience in Italy. Their study offers a conceptual framework with considerable potential, capable of developing an insightful observation into the practices of everyday nationhood through which nationalism takes on concrete meaning. Moreover, the category of the national map appears to be usable in different theoretical paradigms, provided that the conditions for its use are specified.