| Description |
vii, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in organized crime ; v. 5
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Studies of organized crime ; v. 5.
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| Language |
Translated from the Italian. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Giovanni Fiandaca -- pt. 1. A history of women in the mafia. Doing it for themselves or standing in for their men? Women in the Neapolitan Camorra (1950-2003) / Felia Allum -- Mafia women: the affirmation of a female pseudo-subject. The case of the 'Ndrangheta / Renate Siebert -- Women in the 'Ndrangheta: the Serraino-Di Giovine case / Ombretta Ingrascì -- Women in the Sacra Corona Unita / Monica Massari and Cataldo Motta -- Symbolic domination and active power: female roles in criminal organizations / Alessandra Dino -- Women in mafia organizations / Franco Di Maria and Girolamo Lo Verso -- Women and other mafia-type criminal organizations / Ernesto Savona and Gioacchino Natoli -- Female visibility in the mafia world: press review 1980 to 2001 / Alessandra Dino ... [et al.] -- pt. 2. An international comparison. Women in organized crime in Albania / Fitore Paluca Belay -- Women in organized crime in Argentina / Adriana Rossi -- Women in organized crime in Brazil / Denise Frossard -- Women in organized crime in Japan / Ryu Otomo -- Women in organized crime in Germany / Eva Maria Kallinger -- Women in organized crime in Russia / Yakov Gilinsky -- Women in organized crime in the United States / Clare Longrigg -- pt. 3. Conclusion. The reasoning behind the research: an evaluation of the results / Teresa Principato. |
| Subject |
Women and the mafia.
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| Added Author |
Fiandaca, Giovanni.
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| Added Title |
Donne e mafie. English.
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| ISBN |
0387365370 (hbk.) |
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9780387365374 (hbk.) |
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