Giorgio Scerbanenco : Urban Space, Violence and Gender Identity in Post-War Italian Crime Fiction
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Marco Paoli
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Moving Texts / Testi mobili
ISBN-10
2875743295
ISBN-13
9782875743299
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc
Country of Manufacture
BE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 23rd, 2016
Print length
239 Pages
Weight
348 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 22.00 x 1.70 cms
Ksh 6,250.00
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This book discusses Giorgio Scerbanenco’s representation of criminal environments in his Duca Lamberti series (1966-69), focusing in particular on three innovative aspects characterising Italian crime fiction in the 1960s: Scerbanenco’s portrayal of the urban space, violence and gender and its cognitive and emotional impact on the reader.
The works of Giorgio Scerbanenco repeatedly articulate and explore the implications of new forms of criminality that emerged in Italy’s post-war transformation towards its «economic miracle». An indepth analysis of Scerbanenco’s Duca Lamberti series constitutes the critical focus of this study, and in particular the psychological resonances of the role played by the author’s controversial representation of the urban space, its violence, (in)justice and gender roles. In what way do these elements heighten and/or exaggerate the nature of the criminal acts and the reader’s experience? This study therefore investigates a reader’s potential response to the content, the settings, and, above all, the characters Scerbanenco portrays in these four novels.
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