Italy beyond Gomorrah: Roberto Saviano and Transmedia Disruption (Disruptions)
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (577 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1786600188 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 124 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Through the interpretation of Saviano’s work it also provides provide a cross sectional insight into Italy in the post-Berlusconi age.. Italy beyond Gomorrah investigates the conditions and modalities by which the huge media phenomenon developed around Roberto Saviano after the publication of Gomorrah and the ways in which this has engendered a political discourse starting from his ‘denuncia’ of the mechanisms of the modern mafia and its bosses. This ground-breaking work became an international best seller, inspired a film, and a new TV series. The author received so many death threats from the Camorra that he remains under police protection. When Roberto Saviano published Gomorrah in 2006 he exposed the Camorra, an organized crime network with global reach emanating from Naples. Focusing on Saviano’s disruptive work and the representation of his ‘charismatic body’, redefining the figure and task of the modern intellectual, the book stresses the agency of literature and the relevance of the internet and major social networks in the creation of networks of subjectivities and establishing ethical-political duties which are grounded in a ‘passional communication’ between the writer and his audience, as well as on a micropoliti
Floriana Bernardi is a Visiting Researcher at the School of Journalism Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, UK.
The author offers a thought-provoking analysis of this key intellectual figure and his impact on the contemporary Italian cultural scene. Italy Beyond Gomorrah provides an original analysis of contemporary Italian culture in the international scenario. In a detailed analysis of the media constructions and framing of Roberto Saviano’s Gomorrah, Floriana Bernardi semiotically confronts the globally entangled politics and power of crime and corruption. (Federico Bonaddio, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London)Bernardi offers a very interesting perspective on the case of Roberto Saviano, analysing his figure as a writer, citizen journalist, and phenomenon of mass culture. (Patrizia Calefato, Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Bari Aldo Moro)Beyond Gomorrah is a c