Ebook: The mafia: a cultural history

Preface -- One Of rustic night 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.;Exploring the rich array of films, books, TV programs, music and even video games portraying or 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 omertà of the family business.