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Criminality and Power in the Postcolonial City: Mapping the Mean Streets of Mumbai and Naples

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Criminality and Power in the Postcolonial City: Mapping the Mean Streets of Mumbai and Naples - Ridda, Maria
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This book investigates the literary imaginings of the postcolonial city through the lens of crime in texts set in Naples and Mumbai from the 1990s to the present. Employing the analogy of a 'black hole,' it posits the discourse on criminality as a way to investigate the contemporary spatial manifestations of coloniality and global capitalist urbanity. Despite their different histories, Mumbai and Naples have remarkable similarities. Both are port cities, 'gateways' to their countries and regional trade networks, and both ...

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Criminality and Power in the Postcolonial City: Mapping the Mean Streets of Mumbai and Naples 2024, Routledge, London

ISBN-13: 9781032361789

Paperback

Criminality and Power in the Postcolonial City: Mapping the Mean Streets of Mumbai and Naples 2022, Routledge, London

ISBN-13: 9781138303874

Hardcover