{"product_id":"gothic-italy-4","title":"Gothic Italy","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\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","brand":"By Stefano Serafini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54970077315452,"sku":"9781487558659","price":43.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781487558659_d848ede5-263f-4fc6-8f60-73fc242f5607.jpg?v=1740402917","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/gothic-italy-4","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}