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Author Nerenberg, Ellen Victoria, 1962-

Title Murder made in Italy : homicide, media, and contemporary Italian culture / Ellen Nerenberg.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-360) and index.
Contents Introduction: making a killing -- Part 1. Serial killing. The "monster" of Florence: serial murders and investigation -- Monstrous murder: serial killers and detectives in contemporary Italian fiction -- "Penile" procedure: law and order in Dario Argento's cinema -- Part 2. Matricide and fratricide: Erika, Omar, and violent youth in Italy. Sono stati loro: Erika, Omar, and the double homicide of Susy Cassini and Gianluca de Nardo in Novi Ligure -- The raw and the cooked: transnational media and violence in Italy's cannibal pulp fiction of the 1990s -- Part 3. Filicide: the bad/mad mother of Cogne and violence against children. The yellow and the black: Cogne; or, crime of the century -- Spectacular grief and public mourning -- Unspeakable crimes: children as witnesses, victims, and perpetrators -- Epilogue: kiss me deadly.
Summary 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 specta.
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Subject Murder in mass media.
Murder in mass media.
Mass media and criminal justice -- Italy.
Mass media and criminal justice.
Italy.
Mass media -- Social aspects -- Italy.
Mass media -- Social aspects.
Mass media -- Objectivity -- Italy.
Mass media -- Objectivity.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Italy.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Nerenberg, Ellen Victoria, 1962- Murder made in Italy. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012 9780253356253 (DLC) 2012005733 (OCoLC)663954305
ISBN 9780253012425 (electronic book)
0253012422 (electronic book)
129963639X (electronic book)
9781299636392 (electronic book)
9780253356253
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9780253223098
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