Introduction: backstory: breaking omerta -- Game changer: the role of the Sopranos in the resurgence of HBO -- Cinematic television: the education of David Chase -- Disorganized crime: living large in the suburbs -- Situation tragedy: a midlife crisis for the gangster genre -- C…
"Reflexivity refers to those moments in fiction and film when the work suddenly calls attention to itself as a fictional construct. For example, in literature a character might suddenly step out of the story and address the reader. This study of reflexivity in film and literatur…
"Until 1927, Germany had a system of state-regulated prostitution, under which only those prostitutes who submitted to regular health checks and numerous other restrictions on their personal freedom were tolerated by the police. Male clients of prostitutes were not subject to an…
