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- Title
MURDERS IN SHOCKING PINK: WOMEN, LOVE AND DESIRE IN ROSSANA CAMPO'S NOIR FICTION.
- Authors
BERNARDI, CLAUDIA
- Abstract
This article analyzes Rossana Campo's Mentre la mia bella dorme (1999), Duro come l'amore (2005) and Il posto delle donne (2013) in the context of Campo's work in general, showing how her use of crime genre conventions is specifically designed to reveal flaws and pitfalls inherent in romance narratives. By establishing a complex dialogue between noir and rosa, and by offsetting both traditions with female protagonists who question in different ways the heterosexual paradigm, Campo's crime novels occupy a unique place in her production, especially in regard to the representation of female desire.
- Subjects
MENTRE la mia bella dorme (Book); DURO come l'amore (Book); IL posto delle donne (Book); CAMPO, Rossana; MYSTERY fiction; NARRATIVES
- Publication
Quaderni d'italianistica, 2016, Vol 37, Issue 1, p141
- ISSN
0226-8043
- Publication type
Literary Criticism