Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One – Anger and Commitment in the Narratives of Tiziano Scarpa: Impegno in a Liquid Age
7. Introduction 21
8. 1. Pasolini’s La rabbia and the Spectacularization of Scarpa’s Posthuman Aesthetics 29
9. 2. An Apocalyptic Kamikaze: Tiziano Scarpa or How to Invade the Reader 57
10. 3. The Fundamental Things in Life According to Scarpa 77
11. Part Two – Anger and Spaces of Vulnerability in the Narratives of Melania Mazzucco and Monica Stambrini
12. Introduction 105
13. 4. Melania Mazzucco’s Un giorno perfetto: Domestic Violence on an Everyday Perfect Day 114
14. 5. Pushing Boundaries: Road Movies and Gas Stations in Monica Stambrini’s Benzina 147
15. Part Three – Anger and Love in Spaces of Otherness in the Narratives of Paolo Sorrentino, Simona Vinci, and Veronica Tomassini
16. Introduction 175
17. 6. A Recipe for the Advantages and Disadvantages of Love: Anger and Misogyny in Paolo Sorrentino’s The Consequences of Love 181
18. 7. Society, Simulacra, and Love: Simona Vinci’s Stanza 411 204
19. 8. Wounding the Individual: Dynamics of Diversity and Anatomy of Love in Veronica Tomassini’s Sangue di Cane 229
20. Afterword 251
21. Notes 261
22. Works Cited 299
23. Index 317