The ritualistic of masculinity and violence in The piranhas, by Roberto Saviano

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i19.52491

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the masculinities and violence in the novel The piranhas (2019), by the Italian writer Roberto Saviano. Published in 2016, the novel narrates the emergence of a gang of boys in the city of Naples, linked to the Camorra, one of the branches of the Italian mafia. Departing from the theoretical assumptions of Raewyn Connell (2005), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1985), Frederic M. Trasher (1963), Michael Kimmel (2005) and Daniel Welzer-Lang (2001), we intend to analyze the meanings of masculinity experienced inside the homosocial microcosm of the gang, and how they articulate it with violence, territorialism, sexism, homophobia, and the maintenance of hegemonic masculinity.

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Author Biography

Claudimar Pereira da Silva, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, campus de Araraquara

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Literários da UNESP, campus de Araraquara, SP, Brasil.

Published

2023-12-06

How to Cite

da Silva, C. P. (2023). The ritualistic of masculinity and violence in The piranhas, by Roberto Saviano. Revista Periódicus, 2(19), 206–224. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i19.52491