{"product_id":"9781487558635-gothic-italy","title":"Gothic Italy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrime, Science, and Literature After Unification, 1861-1914\u003cbr\u003eThe Gothic permeated and influenced the project of Italian nation-building, casting a dark and pervasive shadow on Italian history. Gothic Italy explores the nuances, contradictions, and implications of the conflict between what the Gothic embodies in post-unification Italy and the values that a supposedly secular, modern country tries to uphold and promote.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gothic, proliferating across different literary, socio-cultural, and scientific spaces, permeated and influenced the project of Italian nation-building, casting a dark and pervasive shadow on Italian history.\u003cem\u003e Gothic Italy\u003c\/em\u003e explores the nuances, contradictions, and implications of the conflict between what the Gothic embodies in post-unification Italy and the values that a supposedly secular, modern country tries to uphold and promote.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book analyses a variety of literary works concerned with crime that tapped into fears relating to contagion, race, and class fluidity; deviant minds and abnormal sexuality; female transgression; male performativity; and the instability of the new body politic. By tracing how writers, scientists, and thinkers engaged with these issues, \u003cem\u003eGothic Italy\u003c\/em\u003e unveils the mutual network of exchanges that informed national discourses about crime. Stefano Serafini brings attention to a historical moment that was crucial to the development of modern attitudes towards normality and deviance, which continue to circulate widely and still resonate disturbingly in contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55114996515190,"sku":"9781487558635","price":40.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35412256_5a2d6d4a-1f4a-4c62-ae5a-d13076528910.jpg?v=1752805801","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781487558635-gothic-italy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}