1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910811103603321

Autore

Dainotto Roberto M (Roberto Maria), <1962->

Titolo

The Mafia : a cultural history / / Roberto M. Dainotto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Reaktion Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78023-472-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (239 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

364.10609

Soggetti

Organized crime

Mafia in motion pictures

Mafia in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The MAFIA: A Cultural History; Imprint Page; Contents; Preface ; One: Of Rustic Knights and Godfathers: The Origin of the Mafia; Two: From Corleone to Hollywood; Three: The Far West is Here; Four: The Godfather; Five: Prime Time; Six: Avatars; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What makes Tony Soprano so likeable? Why would we rather leave the cannoli and take the gun? Do we truly want Scarface's Tony Montana to succeed? Is Michael Corleone a misunderstood hero or a despicable villain? Roberto Dainotto traces the complex and fascinating development of the Mafia: its rural beginnings in Western Sicily; its growth into what has been aptly described as a global multinational of crime; and its parallel evolution in music, print and on the big screen. The book probes the tension between the real Mafia - its brutal and often violent reality - and how we imagine it to be: a mythical assembly of codes of honour, family values and chivalric masochism. Rather than dismissing such Mafia stereotypes as untrue, Dainotto sets out to understand what needs and desires, material and psychic longings, are satisfied by our Mafia fantasies. Exploring the rich array of films, books, television, music and even video games portraying and inspired by the Mafia, this book offers not only a social, economic and political history of the Mafia but a new way of understanding our enduring



fascination with what lurks behind the sinister omerta of the family business.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996335855103316

Titolo

SEC filings insight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Washington Service Bureau, 1995-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

346.73/0666

347.306666

Soggetti

Securities - United States

Disclosure of information - Law and legislation - United States

Disclosure of information - Law and legislation

Securities

Periodicals.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

"The guide to current securities filings and corporate disclosure trends."

Title from caption.



3.

Record Nr.

UNISANNIOVEA0100851

Autore

Sinclair, M. Thea

Titolo

The economics of tourism / M. Thea Sinclair and Mike Stabler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Routledge, 1997

ISBN

0415085233

0415170761

Descrizione fisica

X, 264 p. ; 24 cm.

Collana

Routledge advances in tourism ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

Stabler, Michael John

Disciplina

338.4

Soggetti

Turismo - Economia

Collocazione

POZZO LIB.ECON MON                1427

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia