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Gangster Priest : The Italian American Cinema of Martin Scorsese.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Toronto Italian StudiesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (637 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442684362
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gangster PriestDDC classification:
  • 791.4302/33092
LOC classification:
  • PN1998.3.S39.C38 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Immigrant Generations: Italianamerican -- 2 Scorsese as Third-Generation Italian American Artist -- 3 The First World of Martin Scorsese -- 4 'Where's the Action?': Early Projects and Who's That Knocking at My Door? -- 5 Season of the Witch: Mean Streets -- 6 The Abject God: Raging Bull -- 7 The Society of Transgression: GoodFellas -- 8 Pariahs of a Pariah Industry: Casino -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: Bringing a wealth of scholarship and insight into Scorsese's work, Casillo's study will captivate readers interested in the director's magisterial artistry, the rich social history of Southern Italy, Italian American ethnicity, and the sociology and history of the Mafia in both Sicily and the United States.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Immigrant Generations: Italianamerican -- 2 Scorsese as Third-Generation Italian American Artist -- 3 The First World of Martin Scorsese -- 4 'Where's the Action?': Early Projects and Who's That Knocking at My Door? -- 5 Season of the Witch: Mean Streets -- 6 The Abject God: Raging Bull -- 7 The Society of Transgression: GoodFellas -- 8 Pariahs of a Pariah Industry: Casino -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Bringing a wealth of scholarship and insight into Scorsese's work, Casillo's study will captivate readers interested in the director's magisterial artistry, the rich social history of Southern Italy, Italian American ethnicity, and the sociology and history of the Mafia in both Sicily and the United States.

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