Mob Culture Hidden Histories of the American Gangster Film |
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| Editor:
| Grieveson, Lee
Sonnet, Esther
Stanfield, Peter |
| Contribution by:
| Sonnet, Esther
Bertellini, Giorgio
Maltby, Richard
Wilson, Ronald
Strunk, Mary Elizabeth
Nochimson, Martha
Munby, Jonathan
Studlar, Gaylyn |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-3557-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2005 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $31.95USD $38.95 |
Book Description:
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Mob Culture offers a long-awaited, fresh look at the American gangster film, exposing its hidden histories from the Black Hand gangs of the early twentieth century to The Sopranos. Departing from traditional approaches that have typically focused on the "nature" of the gangster, the editors have collected essays that engage the larger question of how the meaning of criminality has changed over time. Grouped into three thematic sections, the essays examine...
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Mob Culture offers a long-awaited, fresh look at the American gangster film, exposing its hidden histories from the Black Hand gangs of the early twentieth century to The Sopranos. Departing from traditional approaches that have typically focused on the "nature" of the gangster, the editors have collected essays that engage the larger question of how the meaning of criminality has changed over time. Grouped into three thematic sections, the essays examine gangster films through the lens of social, gender, and racial/ethnic issues.