Introduction: Gender, Trauma and Recent Italian Mafia Cinema
Chapter 1: Oedipal Conflicts in Marco Tullio Giordana’s I cento passi
Chapter 2: Honor, Shame and Vendetta: Pasquale Scimeca’s Placido Rizzotto
Chapter 3: Mafia Woman in a Man’s World: Roberta Torre’s Angela
Chapter 4: The Mafia Noir: Paolo Sorrentino’s Le conseguenze dell’amore
Chapter 5: Men of Honor, Man of Glass: Stefano Incerti’s L’uomo di vetro
Chapter 6: The Female Mob Boss: Edoardo Winspeare’s Galantuomini
Chapter 7: Melancholia and the Mob Weepie: Davide Barletti and Lorenzo Conte’s Fine pena mai: paradiso perduto
Chapter 8: Mourning Disavowed: Matteo Garrone’s Gomorra
Chapter 9: Recasting Rita Atria in Marco Amenta’s La siciliana ribelle
Chapter 10: Trauma Postponed: Claudio Cupellini’s Una vita tranquilla
Epilogue: Why Must Caesar Die?
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