The Mafia in Italian Lives and Literature: Life Sentences and Their Geographies

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Mafia in Italian Lives and Literature by Robin Pickering-Iazzi Pickering-Iazzi uses an array of cultural documents from 1990 to the present to examine the myths, values, codes of behaviour, and relationships produced by the Italian mafia through a wide cross-disciplinary lens. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Using an array of cultural documents from 1990 to the present, including diaries, testimonies, fiction, online video postings, and anti-mafia social networks, Robin Pickering-Iazzi examines the myths, values, codes of behaviour, and relationships produced by the Italian mafia through a wide cross-disciplinary lens. The Mafia in Italian Lives and Literature explores the ways that these literary engagements with the mafia relate to broader contemporary Italian life and offer implicit challenges, and a quiet code of resistance, to the trauma and injustice wrought by the mafia in various Italian cities.Despite the long tradition of representing the mafia in Italian literature, until now womens contributions to this literature have been overlooked. Pickering-Iazzis aim is to encourage new critical reflection on a broader selection of literature through new theoretical lenses in order to enrich our understanding of crime fiction, Sicily and Sicilian identity in literature, narrative traits of the new Italian epic, and the cultural and social functions of storytelling in life and literature. Author Biography Robin Pickering-Iazzi is a professor in the Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her previous works include The Mafia in Italian Lives and Literature and Mafia and Outlaw Stories, both published by University of Toronto Press. Table of Contents Introduction: Mafia Cityworlds: Geographies of Narration1. The Female Mafia Imaginary: Contemporary Mafiose and Gabriella Badalamentis Come loleandro2. The Mafia and the (Non)sense of Place: Amelia Crisantinos Cercando Palermo3. Maria Rosa Cutrufellis Postmodern Geography of impegno: Mafia Urban Desertification in Canto al deserto4. Mafia Geographies of Voicelessness: Silvana La Spinas Lultimo treno da Catania5. Engendering Testimonial Geographies of Legality: Bodily Interiors, Urban Faces, Cyberspatialities Review This book provides an exciting analysis of mafia narratives… It will be of great value to scholars interested in Italian and comparative literature, Gender Studies, social justice, Mafia Studies, Trauma Studies, and Sicilian identity, to name just a few. -- Amy Boylan * Modern Language Review vol 112:04:2017 *"In her detailed and insightful study of the Italian Mafia since 1990, Robin Pickering-Iazzi guides readers through multilayered, cultural, and sociological narratives by women…Her book gives scholars and students new tools and a set of original theoretical approaches to use in contemplating Southern Italian culture and its landscape. It offers a refreshing approach to understanding the geographies of organized crime and those who fight against it." -- Giovanna De Luca, College of Charleston * Gender/Sexuality/Italy, August 2019 * Promotional "Robin Pickering-Iazzi is in the vanguard of critical scholarship on space, literature, and gender in the context of the Italian mafia. Her book promises to change the way we think about the representation of criminality." -- Dana Renga, Department of French and Italian, The Ohio State University "Written in lucid, captivating prose, The Mafia in Italian Lives and Literature is a fascinating account of the embattled geography of mafia and anti-mafia forces in Italy from the 1980s to the present. An innovative contribution to our understanding of gendered discourse on mafia and anti-mafia cultures, it will appeal to scholars of twentieth-century Italian literature and cultural studies, trauma and memory studies, gender studies, and digital humanities." -- Norma Bouchard, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, University of Connecticut Long Description Using an array of cultural documents from 1990 to the present, including diaries, testimonies, fiction, online video postings, and anti-mafia social networks, Robin Pickering-Iazzi examines the myths, values, codes of behaviour, and relationships produced by the Italian mafia through a wide cross-disciplinary lens. The Mafia in Italian Lives and Literature explores the ways that these literary engagements with the mafia relate to broader contemporary Italian life and offer implicit challenges, and a quiet code of resistance, to the trauma and injustice wrought by the mafia in various Italian cities. Despite the long tradition of representing the mafia in Italian literature, until now womens contributions to this literature have been overlooked. Pickering-Iazzis aim is to encourage new critical reflection on a broader selection of literature through new theoretical lenses in order to enrich our understanding of crime fiction, Sicily and Sicilian identity in literature, narrative traits of the new Italian epic, and the cultural and social functions of storytelling in life and literature. Review Quote This book provides an exciting analysis of mafia narratives... It will be of great value to scholars interested in Italian and comparative literature, Gender Studies, social justice, Mafia Studies, Trauma Studies, and Sicilian identity, to name just a few. Details ISBN1442631899 Author Robin Pickering-Iazzi Short Title MAFIA IN ITALIAN LIVES & LITER Publisher University of Toronto Press Series Cultural Spaces Language English ISBN-10 1442631899 ISBN-13 9781442631892 Media Book Format Hardcover Pages 288 Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-10-06 UK Release Date 2015-10-06 Imprint University of Toronto Press Place of Publication Toronto Country of Publication Canada Subtitle Life Sentences and Their Geographies Alternative 9781442629080 DEWEY 364.1060945 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2015-10-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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