“Second Generations” and Identity in Andrea Cotti’s 'Luca Wu' Series: An Opportunity for a Fruitful Intercultural and Transnational Dialogue in Italian Crime Fiction by Marco Paoli

“…Through investigating, rhetorically, these elements’ ability to challenge the common Sino-Italian discourse and potentially change readers’ beliefs and attitudes in the real world, it is argued that these texts provide readers with an opportunity to develop an intercultural mind, which enables them to produce a more complex and thoughtful reflection and dialogue on the notion of Italianness and on issues such as structural violence, citizenship, identity, integration and in-between positions, as well as, more generally, the important role that cultural artefacts can play in intercultural and immigration public debates.…”
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