Title: <i>Milano nera</i>: Representing and Imagining Milan in Italian<i>Noir</i>and Crime Fiction
Abstract:This essay focuses on the way in which Milan and its periphery in particular have been represented by successive generations of Milanese noir and crime writers. Most writers have mirrored and reinforc...This essay focuses on the way in which Milan and its periphery in particular have been represented by successive generations of Milanese noir and crime writers. Most writers have mirrored and reinforced the idea of Milan as a city of strong contrasts surrounded by an undesirable periphery, which traditionally has been viewed, from both a socio-political and aesthetic perspective, as the locus of isolation, alienation and criminality. Yet works by some contemporary writers (Dazieri and Biondillo) also show signs of a new acceptance and understanding of urban life in the post-modern city, which has influenced the relationship between centre and periphery. The transformation of Milan in the post-industrial era into a città diffusa, with its polycentric nature and easy access to all areas of the city, becomes, in the narrative of these writers, a metaphor for a new aesthetics and way of life in the post-postmodern age.Read More
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
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