[Conference] Narrating the Mafia: From Representation to Reality

How has creative culture shaped the public's understanding of the Mafia? What role do literature, photography, and cinema play in both perpetuating and challenging myths, stereotypes, and the often glamorized portrayals of the Mafia—particularly among younger audiences? What use does the Mafia make of these depictions? How do narrative choices, visual framing, and language either reinforce silence or foster critical awareness and collective action against organized crime?

This session at Sciences Po brings together Federico Varese, Professor of Sociology and author, and Sabrina Pisu, journalist and author, to discuss these issues.

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