{"product_id":"gothic-italy-stefano-serafini-9781487558635","title":"Gothic Italy: Crime, Science, and Literature After Unification, 1861-1914","description":"\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\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefano Serafini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487558635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487558635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Stefano Serafini","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46465888551167,"sku":"9781487558635","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37c0e329-ea57-41df-a1a3-6c3d1f84d424.jpg?v=1736347581","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gothic-italy-stefano-serafini-9781487558635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}