Academics
The Mafia

Course

Subject

ITALST

Number

265

Term

Fall
2024

Department

Department of Italian & French Studies

This course analyzes the visual media representation of the Mafia in North America and the manner in which it often glorifies the Italian Mafiosi's lifestyle. The goal is to deconstruct the romanticized portrayal of the Italian and Italian-American gangster created in visual media by analyzing atrocities committed by organized crime.

 

Offered on campus

Section

001

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