| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Women in Cosa Nostra; 1. Ninetta Bagarella: Wife of the 'Butcher of Corleone'; 2. Rita Atria: The Young Rebel; 3. Giusy Vitale: The First 'Godmother' of Cosa Nostra; 4. Carmela Iuculano: For the Love of Her Children; Part Two: Women in the 'Ndrangheta; 5. Giusy Pesce: Wind of Revolt; 6. Lea Garofalo: The Price of Treason; 7. The Land of Suicides; Part Three: Women in the Camorra; 8. Pupetta Maresca: Insulted Honour; 9. Erminia Giuliano: 'Lady Camorra'; 10. Maria Licciardi: 'The Godmother' |
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11. Giuseppina Nappa: Faithful to 'Sandokan'12. Anna Carrino: The Woman Who Scared the Casalesi Clan; Conclusion: The 'Pseudo-Emancipation' of Women; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
A frank and unsettling account of the conflicted role of women in Italy's mafias -- first-hand stories of submission, complicity and revolt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from Italian |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women and the mafia -- History
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Mafia -- Italy -- History
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Mafia.
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Women and the mafia.
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Italy.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Véron, Anne
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| ISBN |
9781849049269 |
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1849049262 |
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