by dm014 | Dec 3, 2017 | Reflection
My favorite film of the semester was “Gomorrah”. While most of the films that we studied during the semester examine a romanticized version of the mafia pre-1950’s, while “Gomorrah” examined a more realistic and modern version of the mafia, while also providing the...
by hjhopkin | Dec 2, 2017 | Representations of Women
Representations of women throughout the Italian mafia movies have hardly evolved throughout time. Most of the women are background characters who do not advance the plot in any way. If anything, they serve as motivation for the main male character. However, in a few...
by aamoreno | Dec 1, 2017 | Representations of Women
Women and mafia, mafia and women, either one way or another women seem frequently be involved with the Mafia. Throughout the semester, we have seen movies and episodes involving different types of organized crime in Italy and how women have assumed different roles in...
by dm014 | Dec 1, 2017 | Representations of Women
The representation of women vary across different films in order to reflect the reality of the organization represented in the film in question. Across the semester we have examined different films detailing the activities of four different organizations: la cosa...
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