Murder Made in Italy: Homicide, Media, and Contemporary Italian Culture by Ellen

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Analyses questions of cultural violence

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The shocking conviction in an Italian court of Amanda Knox, an American student accused of murder, once more drew attention to crime and punishment in Italy. Looking at media coverage of three earlier, very prominent murder cases, Murder Made in Italy explores the cultural issues raised by the murders and how they reflect developments in Italian civil society over the past 20 years. Providing detailed descriptions of each murder, investigation, and court case, Ellen Nerenberg addresses the perception of lawlessness in Italy, the country's geography of crime, its welfare state and savage youth culture, and the generalized fear for public safety among the Italian population. Nerenberg examines the fictional and nonfictional representations of these crimes through the lenses of moral panic, media spectacle, true crime writing, and the abject body.

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Analyses questions of cultural violence

Author Biography

Ellen Nerenberg is Assistant Professor, Department of RomancEllen Nerenberg is Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University. e Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University.

Table of Contents

Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Making a KillingPart I: Serial Killing 1. The "Monster" of Florence: Serial Murders and investigation2. Monstrous Murder: Serial Killers and Detectives in Contemporary Italian Literature3. Penile Procedure: The Pleasures and Dangers of Looking in Dario Argento's CinemaPart II: Matricide and Fratricide Erika, Omar, and Violent Youth in Italy4. "Sono stati loro:" Erika, Omar, and the Double Homicide of Susy Cassini and Gianluca De Nardo in Novi Ligure 5. The Raw and the Cooked: Transnational Media and Violence in Italy's "Cannibal" Pulp Fiction of the 1990sPart III: Filicide The Bad/Mad Mother of Cogne and Violence Against Children6. The Yellow and the Black: Cogne or, Crime of the Century7. Spectacular Grief and Public Mourning8. Unspeakable Crimes: Children as Witnesses, Victims, and PerpetratorsEpilogue: Kiss Me DeadlyNotesBibliographyIndex

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"Original, engaging, and thought-provoking... quite unlike any other existing book in Italian cultural and media studies." Ruth Glynn, University of Bristol "A fantastic array of literary, cinematic, and oral narratives." Stefania Lucamante, Catholic University of America

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Looking at media coverage of three very prominent murder cases, Murder Made in Italy explores the cultural issues raised by the murders and how they reflect developments in Italian civil society over the past 20 years. Providing detailed descriptions of each murder, investigation, and court case, Ellen Nerenberg addresses the perception of lawlessness in Italy, the country's geography of crime, and the generalized fear for public safety among the Italian population. Nerenberg examines the fictional and nonfictional representations of these crimes through the lenses of moral panic, media spectacle, true crime writing, and the abject body. The worldwide publicity given the recent case of Amanda Knox, the American student tried for murder in a Perugia court, once more drew attention to crime and punishment in Italy and is the subject of the epilogue.

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"[T]his book provides food for thought for those studying Italy from a wide variety of perspectives." -Contemporary Italian Politics

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Details ISBN0253223091 Author Ellen Nerenberg Publisher Indiana University Press ISBN-10 0253223091 ISBN-13 9780253223098 Format Paperback Imprint Indiana University Press Subtitle Homicide, Media, and Contemporary Italian Culture Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Bloomington, IN Short Title MURDER MADE IN ITALY Language English Media Book DEWEY 364.1523095 Affiliation Wesleyan University Illustrations 10 b&w illus., 5 maps Pages 400 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2012-03-29 Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-03-29 AU Release Date 2012-03-29 NZ Release Date 2012-03-29 US Release Date 2012-03-29 We've got this

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