Women and the mafia : [female roles in organized crime structures] / edited by Giovanni Fiandaca ; [translated from the Italian by Stephen Jackson].
- Uniform Title
- Donne e mafie. English
- Published
- New York : Springer, [2007]
- Copyright Date
- ©2007
- Physical Description
- vii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Fiandaca, Giovanni
- Series
- Language Note
- Translated from the Italian.
- 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(s)
- ISBN
- 0387365370 (hbk.)
9780387365374 (hbk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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