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200 10$aChallenging the Mafia Mystique $eCosa Nostra from Legitimisation to Denunciation /$fby Rino Coluccello
205   $a1st ed. 2016.
210  1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016.
215   $a1 online resource (XI, 260 p.) 
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311 08$a9781137280497 
311 08$a1137280492 
311 08$a9781349555529 
311 08$a1349555525 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
330   $aThe Sicilian Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is one of the most intriguing criminal phenomena in the world. It is an unparalleled organised criminal grouping that over almost two centuries has been able not only to successfully permeate licit and illicit economy, politics and civil society, but also to influence and exercise authoritative power over both the underworld and the upper-world. This criminal phenomenon has been a captivating conundrum for scholars of different disciplines who have tried to explain with various paradigms the reasons behind the emergence and consolidation of the mafia.    Challenging the Mafia Mystique provides an analysis of the changes the Sicilian mafia has undergone, from legitimisation to denunciation. Rino Coluccello highlights how, from the very emergence of the organised criminal groups in Sicily, a culture existed that was protective and tolerant of the mafia. He argues that the various conceptualisations of the mafia that dominated the public and scientific debate in the nineteenth and more than half of the twentieth century created a mystique, which legitimised the mafia and contributed to their success. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of organised crime, Italian politics and Italian literature.
606   $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century
606   $aOrganized crime
606   $aCrime$xSociological aspects
606   $aSociology
606   $aCriminology
606   $aTwentieth-Century Literature
606   $aOrganized Crime
606   $aCrime and Society
606   $aSociology
606   $aCriminology
615  0$aLiterature, Modern
615  0$aOrganized crime.
615  0$aCrime$xSociological aspects.
615  0$aSociology.
615  0$aCriminology.
615 14$aTwentieth-Century Literature.
615 24$aOrganized Crime.
615 24$aCrime and Society.
615 24$aSociology.
615 24$aCriminology.
676   $a364.10609
700   $aColuccello$b Rino$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0719498
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910253319503321
996   $aChallenging the Mafia Mystique$92534503
997   $aUNINA