Zugl.: Bonn, Universiẗat, Diss., 2006.

Diss.--Univ., 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-274) and indexes. Mafia associations and ruling bodies -- Status and fraternization contracts -- Secrecy and violence -- Multiplicity of goals and functions -- Mafia, state, and society.

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Dissertation--Philosophische Fakultät--Freiburg im Breisgau--Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, 2003. / Bibliogr. p. 253-272.

Thesis (M.R.E.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Church History and Doctrine.

Thesis (M.R.E.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Church History and Doctrine. / Electronic thesis. Also available in print ed.

Beatrice Rangel : Consultora internacional, norteamericana-venezolana, amplia experiencia profesional en el mundo académico, las artes, la política (al ocupar cargos ministeriales en Venezuela) y en el sector privado, tanto nacional como internacional. Actualmente asesora de la Alcaldía de Coral Gable (EEUU) y Presidenta de AMLA Consulting. / La reflexión se inicia con una breve definición del término, seguida con sus antecedentes históricos que nos remontan a la “Ruta de la Sede”, luego los factores coadyuvantes para su desarrollo y concluye citando algunos elementos para su combate. Esta conferencia guarda estrecha relación con una crisis del Estado, expresada en un Estado de Derecho débil por la falta de imperio a la ley, su imposibilidad para asegurar los bienes públicos básicos para el conjunto de su población y en una importante erosión de sus sistemas políticos, en especial en la democracia.

Cette étude concerne l'histoire de la littérature de mafia sicilienne et analyse le rapport existant entre mafia et littérature, dans le but de rendre compte de la façon dont la mafia a été représentée dans les diverses oeuvres narratives, avec une attention toute particulière portée à la production de Leonardo Sciascia. En commençant d'abord par une brève introduction historique, afin de restituer le contexte général dans lequel ce phénomène est né, puis en faisant un compte-rendu critique de l'histoire de la littérature de mafia, selon une progression chronologique, en partant de la naissance de la mafia, attestée autour de l'époque de l'Unité italienne, jusqu'aux années 1990. L'objectif que nous nous sommes fixés est de voir comment, d'un discours de négation de la mafia à une apologie manifeste ou cachée, on est arrivé à une dénonciation ouverte, et comment cette dénonciation est passée de la page littéraire à la dénonciation civile / This study concerns the literature relates to Sicilian mafia and provides an analysis of the link between mafia and literature, in order to account for the different ways mafia has been depicted in diverse narrative works, and specially in Leonardo Sciascia's literary output. We will begin with a brief historical introduction so as to convey the general background in which this phenomenon took place. Then we will give a critical account for the history of mafia literature, chronologically progressing from the advent of mafia, which was attested in the days of Italian Unity up to the years 1990. We aim to see how, from a discourse which denies the existence of mafia to an apology for it, being either obvious or hidden, we have come to a clear denunciation of mafia, and how this denunciations has proceeded from literature to civil life.

La Province de Caserta, en Campanie, est un lieu de concentration des flux migratoires au Sud de L’Italie. Les migrant qu’y arrivent « illégalement » ou « irrégulièrement », du Nord de l’Afrique comme de l’Europe orientale, trouvent dans ce territoire des opportunités de travail et d’habitation, grâce à la présence d’un marché du travail au noir et d’un marché immobilier déréglementé, résultat de l’urbanisation sauvage et des spéculations. Les travailleurs immigrés se trouvent à vivre une condition existentiale marquée par la marginalisation, la pauvreté, l’exploitation et la violence : cette condition à des effets sur leur santé, physique et mentale. Cette étude veut analyser la relation entre migration, santé et inégalité sociale, è travers une ethnographies des services sanitaires pour les immigrés. Cependant, en Campanie ces services sont réalisé et gérés è traves des accords entre les institutions sanitaires locales et les association de bénévolat et les organisation humanitaires internationales, comme Médecines Sans Frontières. Cette ethnographie, donc, est aussi une analyse du rapport entre gestion humanitaire de la migration et politiques de citoyenneté en Italie, un rapport qui semble caractériser de plus en plus le gouvernement des migrations. Enfin, étant le territoire de la Province di Caserta caractérisé per la présence des organisations criminelles mafieuse, j’analyserais les effets de cette présence, soi en ce qui concerne la migration, soi en ce qui concerne la vie des citoyens italiens.

Thesis advisor: Carlo Rotella / During the early to mid-1900s, an infatuation with the “gangster” grew in American popular culture. In response to historical events of the early twentieth century that polarized the United States class system, especially the Great Depression, those in the growing lower class became fascinated with actual and fictional figures that could demonstrate the ability to live “in-between;” that is, anyone who did not benefit from corporate capitalism but, rather, from standing on the dangerous middle ground between the classes, challenging economic, ethnic, and even legal boundaries. Both fictional and nonfictional figures of the “gangster” arose in American media in the form of a hyper-masculine character who could transform his humble origins into a luxurious life by committing brilliantly brutal crimes with bravado. As the gangster became more established over the course of the following decades and expanded in popularity beyond the original working-class audience, the gangster also became a nostalgic figure who offered a sense of tradition, which in part accounts for the gangster’s continuing popularity in modern media. As the first chapter explains, due to the association of southern Italian immigrants with crime and patriarchy in the United States, gangster and mafia fiction most largely concern southern Italians and Italian- Americans. Since its inception, the Italian-American gangster hero, or the “Mafioso,” has commanded a strong following among American audiences. Due to the saliency of the Mafioso figure and the widespread influence of the genre, both the figure and the narrative merit critical discussion and analysis. The first chapter of the following article outlines the ways in which traditional mafia fiction, epitomized by Puzo and Coppola’s sensational The Godfather, extrapolates from historical phenomena, like the hyphenate individual, with the tools of genre fiction in order to craft the classical Mafioso. The chapter considers the reliance of the Mafioso on such elements as bella figura and omertà, as well as socio-cultural norms assigned to Italian-Americans in the media, and considers the characteristics of the Mafioso by examining the character system present in The Godfather. In outlining the evolution of the Mafioso character, the first chapter explores what it means for the character of the gangster hero to perpetuate the values that once popularized it. In response, the second chapter provides a close reading of the work of parodist and multi-genre writer Giose Rimanelli, who takes bold and innovative steps in questioning the mafia narrative in his novel Benedetta in Guysterland. Rimanelli, a writer undoubtedly more focused on high-literary intertextuality than a genre writer, includes characters branded by the same traditional elements of The Godfather’s Mafioso but, instead of aggrandizing the Mafioso in the traditional fashion, utilizes these elements to question the foundation upon which classical mafia fiction relies. The chapter explicates Rimanelli’s clever use of referential language, unique narrative structure, and complex characters in order to analyze the ways in which Rimanelli demonstrates the potential for Italian-American literature to evolve. The chapter discusses Rimanelli’s recognition and distortion of mafia fiction tropes, scrutinizing key characters, and ultimately assays the potential for expansion in the mafia fiction genre. By providing a close reading of two texts, related in content but highly divergent in their method and objective, this article juxtaposes the historical Mafioso against his reexamined counterpart. Through an analysis of the history and canonical figuration of the gangster hero in The Godfather, and an examination of Rimanelli’s extensive reworking, the following two chapters call readers to recognize the historical context in which the Mafioso formed and rethink the literary outcomes of reinventing the tradition of both the character and the narrative. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2015. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Departmental Honors. / Discipline: English.