The article analyzes two contemporary novels: Jennifer Haigh's Heat and Light (2016), and Jonathan Dee's The Locals (2017). In particular, the article explores the representation of social violence within family structures in the context of peripheral areas in the North-East of the United States, specifically in the suburbs of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) and New York.

Unbound Peripheries: Familial Distortions in the Work of J. Haigh and J. Dee

Nicola Paladin
2023-01-01

Abstract

The article analyzes two contemporary novels: Jennifer Haigh's Heat and Light (2016), and Jonathan Dee's The Locals (2017). In particular, the article explores the representation of social violence within family structures in the context of peripheral areas in the North-East of the United States, specifically in the suburbs of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) and New York.
2023
Bad Cities. Literature and Urban Violence
Ugo Rubeo
Inglese
STAMPA
205
221
17
8869772810
Mimesis
Milano
ITALIA
Jennifer Haigh, Jonathan Dee, Periphery, Family.
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268
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Paladin, Nicola
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