Mafia movies: a reader

by Renga, Dana

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Title Statements

Full title :Mafia movies : a reader / edited by Dana Renga.

Summary

"The mafia has always fascinated filmmakers and television producers. Al Capone, Salvatore Giuliano, Lucky Luciano, Ciro Di Marzio, Roberto Saviano, Don Vito and Michael Corleone, and Tony Soprano are some of the historical and fictional figures that contribute to the myth of the Italian and Italian-American mafias perpetuated onscreen. This collection looks at mafia movies and television over time and across cultures, from the early classics to the Godfather trilogy and contemporary Italian films and television series. The only comprehensive collection of its type, Mafia Movies treats over fifty films and TV shows created since 1906, while introducing Italian and Italian-American mafia history and culture. The second edition includes new original essays on essential films and TV shows that have emerged since the publication of the first edition, such as Boardwalk Empire and Mob Wives, as well as a new roundtable section on Italy's "other" mafias in film and television, written as a collaborative essay by more than ten scholars. The edition also introduces a new section called "Double Takes" that elaborates on some of the most popular mafia films and TV shows (e.g. The Godfather and The Sopranos) organized around themes such as adaptation, gender and politics, urban spaces, and performance and stardom."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Toronto Press
Place of Publication:Toronto
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781487500238, 1487500238
oclc:on1090426941
LC Classification:PN1995.9.M23
Dewey Decimal:791.43/6556

Part one. Setting the scene -- Part two. American mafia movies and television: the Corleones at home and abroad -- Part three. Italian mafia movies and television: resistance and myth -- Part four. Italy's other mafias in film and on television: a roundtable -- Part five. Double takes -- The Godfather -- The Sopranos -- Romanzo criminale -- Gomorrah.

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Films de gangsters -- Histoire et criti… Films de gangsters -- Histoire et criti… Gangster films Gangster films -- History and criticism… Gangster films -- History and criticism… Gangster films -- Italy Gangster films -- United States Italy Mafia au cinéma Mafia in motion pictures United States