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Women of honor : Madonnas, godmothers and informers in the Italian mafia  Cover Image Book Book

Women of honor : Madonnas, godmothers and informers in the Italian mafia / Milka Kahn, Anne Véron. ; translated by James Ferguson.

Kahn, Milka, (author.). Véron, Anne, (author.). Ferguson, James, 1956- (translator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781849048064
  • Physical Description: ix, 213 pages : 1 illustration ; 22 cm
  • Edition: English edition.
  • Publisher: London : Hurst & Company, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translation of: Des femmes dans la mafia.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
part 1. Women in Cosa Nostra: Ninetta Bagarella : wife of the "Butcher of Corleone" ; Rita Atria : the young rebel ; Giusy Vitale : the first "Godmother" of La Cosa Nostra ; Carmella Iuculano : for the love of her children -- part 2. Women in the 'Ndrangheta: Giusy Pesce : wind of revolt ; Lea Garofalo : the price of treason ; The land of suicides -- part 3. Women in the Camorra : Pupetta Maresca : insulted honour ; Erminia Giuliano : "Lady Camorra" ; Maria Licciardi : "the Godmother" ; Anna Carrino : the woman who scared the Casalesi -- Conclusion: The "pseudo-emancipation" of women.
Language Note:
In English, translated from the French.
Subject: Women and the mafia > Italy > History.
Mafia > Italy > History.
Camorra > History.
'Ndrangheta > History.
Mafia.
Women and the mafia.
Italy.
Genre: History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at East Grand Forks Campbell Library.

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24510. ‡aWomen of honor : ‡bMadonnas, godmothers and informers in the Italian mafia / ‡cMilka Kahn, Anne Véron. ; translated by James Ferguson.
250 . ‡aEnglish edition.
264 1. ‡aLondon : ‡bHurst & Company, ‡c2017.
300 . ‡aix, 213 pages : ‡b1 illustration ; ‡c22 cm
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
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546 . ‡aIn English, translated from the French.
500 . ‡aTranslation of: Des femmes dans la mafia.
520 . ‡aThe role of women in the Italian mafias has long been overlooked. So who are they? Pure and virtuous Madonnas or dangerous Godmothers? Reduced to victim status and relegated to domestic life, women serve as the mafia's respectable facade: virtuous and docile. But, as Milka Kahn and Anne Véron reveal in this absorbing book, women have always been at the heart of Italy's criminal organisations. While the men are behind bars or on the run, it is left to their wives and mothers to uphold and pass on the 'family values'. Once widowed, some push their sons to vendetta; others become mafia chiefs in their own right. Yet many also decide to risk their lives, collaborating with the authorities and renouncing mafia society in search of normality. Through first-hand accounts of submission, complicity and revolt, Women of Honor paints a complex and fascinating portrait of the women in Italy's mafias who have overcome a culture of silence to share their extraordinary stories.-- ‡cProvided by Publisher.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.
5050 . ‡apart 1. Women in Cosa Nostra: Ninetta Bagarella : wife of the "Butcher of Corleone" ; Rita Atria : the young rebel ; Giusy Vitale : the first "Godmother" of La Cosa Nostra ; Carmella Iuculano : for the love of her children -- part 2. Women in the 'Ndrangheta: Giusy Pesce : wind of revolt ; Lea Garofalo : the price of treason ; The land of suicides -- part 3. Women in the Camorra : Pupetta Maresca : insulted honour ; Erminia Giuliano : "Lady Camorra" ; Maria Licciardi : "the Godmother" ; Anna Carrino : the woman who scared the Casalesi -- Conclusion: The "pseudo-emancipation" of women.
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7001 . ‡aVéron, Anne, ‡eauthor.
7001 . ‡aFerguson, James, ‡d1956 April 5- ‡etranslator.
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