The Representation of Urban Peripherality in Selected Short Stories from Brooklyn Noir (2004) | ||
| Cairo Studies in English | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 November 2025 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/cse.2025.388825.1214 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mona Sayed Abdelhaleem* 1; Shadia Fahim2 | ||
| 1English Department, Faculty of Business Administration, Economics, and Political Sciences. The British University in Egypt. | ||
| 2Dean of the Faculty of Arts, The British University in Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper examines the representation of urban peripherality in noir narratives set in Brooklyn through three short stories from Brooklyn Noir (2004): Pete Hamill’s “The Book Signing”, Tim McLoughlin’s “When All This Was Bay Ridge”, and C.J. Sullivan’s “Slipping Into Darkness”. The paper focuses on the depiction of urban peripherality within Brooklyn to examine how spatial, cultural, and social peripherality are constructed through the portrayal of characters’ interactions and the overall urban landscape. By investigating these depictions, this paper aims to challenge conventional centre-periphery divide and attempts to contribute to constituting a non-Western definition of urban peripherality, where geography is not the sole defining factor but is rather shaped by cultural, social, and historical dimensions. Through the analysis of three selected short stories, the paper seeks to address two key research questions: How is the city periphery represented in noir narratives set in Brooklyn? And what might constitute an alternative, non-Western definition of "urban peripherality"? The findings suggest that peripherality in Brooklyn is not defined solely by geography but is shaped by cultural, social, and historical dynamics. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Peripherality; City Periphery; Brooklyn; Noir; Urban Centre | ||
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