Italian Society Today | What the Curious Traveler Needs to Know | Insight Interviews Key Facts (Thalby Italy)

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Our updated guide to "Italian Society Today" is packed with cultural insight and engineered for understanding. Think of it as your smart and trusted friend who's been living in Rome for ten years! Carefully curated and distilled into a one-hour read by our team of Italian reporters, correspondents and researchers, backed by our global and regional editors, "Italian Society Today" unpacks and explores the topics and issues that matter most, including family, intimacy, education, eating, community, religion, ideals, gender, LGBTQ, ethnicity, borders, work, technology, artisans and the night. Through concise life stories and interviews, you'll also meet some interesting characters, including prodigal teens, aristocrats, drug dealers, entrepreneurs, eco-activists and more.Highlights from the guide include the underlying values and ideals informing Italian style; Silvia, the co-founder of an eco-village; why local identities and football teams are more important than national ones; how waves of immigration are reshaping Italian society; and Francesco, an aristocrat who has distanced himself from the aristocracy.We also publish guides to “Italian Culture Today” and “Italian Politics Today.”Thalby guides help readers appreciate and connect with cultures around the world. Each one offers the perfect blend of concision, utility and reliability. We are reframing travel as an act of understanding. Thanks for reading and enjoy the guide!