(Free) Mob Culture: Hidden Histories of the American Gangster Film
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| #1681114 in Books | Rutgers University Press | 2005-04-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.21 x.69 x6.14l,1.23 | File Name: 0813535573 | 326 pages |
||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Lorelyn Zaragoza|great book|6 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Beyond The Godfather|By Rick "Mad Dog" Mattix|Here is an interesting collection of essays on American crime films going well beyond the usual treatment (i.e., Cagney, Robinson, Bogart, etc., up through Bonnie and Clyde, The Godfather,||'This book does a fine job at what it sets out to do - to redefine the American gangster genre.'William Luhr, Saint Peter's College'Mob Cultures uncovers new aspects of the gangster genre, from its dress codes to its relation to government investigation, from
Sinister, swaggering, yet often sympathetic, the figure of the gangster has stolen and murdered its way into the hearts of American cinema audiences. Despite the enduring popularity of the gangster film, however, traditional criticism has focused almost entirely on a few canonical movies such as Little Caesar, Public Enemy, and The Godfather trilogy, resulting in a limited and distorted understanding of this diverse and changing genre.<...
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