Research Catalog

Title

The essential Sopranos reader / edited by David Lavery, Douglas L. Howard, and Paul Levinson ; foreword by David Bianculli.

Publication

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lavery, David, 1949-
• Howard, Douglas L., 1966-
• Levinson, Paul.

Description

xi, 392 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Essential readers in contemporary media and culture

Uniform Title

Essential readers in contemporary media and culture.

Subject

Sopranos (Television program)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- The Sopranos, David Chase, HBO, and television. The Sopranos as tipping point in the second coming of HBO / Gary R. Edgerton -- From made men to Mad men: what Matthew Weiner learned from David Chase / David Lavery -- The Sopranos: if nothing Is real, you have overpaid for your carpet / Martha P. Nochimson -- Author(iz)ing Chase / Robin Nelson -- Characters. "Half a wiseguy": Paulie Walnuts, meet Tom Stoppard / Paul Wright -- Christopher, Osama, and A.J.: contemporary narcissism and terrorism in The Sopranos / Jason Jacobs -- "When it comes to daughters, all bets are off": the seductive father-daughter relationship of Tony and Meadow Soprano / Marisa Carroll -- Gendering The Sopranos. "Blabbermouth cunts", or, speaking in tongues: narrative crises for women in The Sopranos and feminist dilemmas / Kim Akass and Janet McCabe -- Honoring the social compact: the last temptation of Melfi / Nancy McGuire Roche -- A "finook" in the crew: Vito Spatafore, The Sopranos, and the queering of the Mafia genre / George De Stefano -- Cinematic Concerns. The producers: the dangers of filmmaking in The Sopranos / Cameron Golden -- Comfortably numb? The Sopranos, new brutalism, and the last temptation of Chris / Glen Creeber -- -- dreams and therapy. fishes and football coaches: the narrative necessity of dreams in the sopranos / Cynthia Burkhead -- From here to InFinnerty: Tony Soprano and the American Way / Terri Carney -- "Whatever Happened to Stop and Smell the Roses?": The Sopranos as anti-therapeutic narrative / David Pattie -- Ethnic and Social Concerns. Mangia Mafia! food, punishment, and cultural identity in The Sopranos / Michael M. Grynbaum -- The guinea as tragic hero: the complex representation of Italian Americans in The Sopranos / Frank P. Tomasulo -- "All Caucasians look alike": dreams of whiteness at the end of The Sopranos / Christopher Kocela -- Images of justice and The Sopranos. Representations of law and justice in The Sopranos: an introduction / Barbara Villez -- Lawyer-client relations as seen in The Sopranos / James M. Keneally -- "This isn't a negotiation": "getting to yes" with Tony Soprano / Sharon Sutherland and Sarah Swan -- The price of stereotype: the representation of the Mafia in Italy and the United States in The Sopranos / Antonio Ingroia -- The image of justice in The Sopranos / Fabio Licata -- Narrative and intertextuality. "Funny about God, and fate, and shit like that": the imminent unexpected in The Sopranos / Robert Piluso -- The Sopranos and history / Albert Auster -- Silence in The Sopranos / Steven Peacock -- Cut to black: the finale and the Sopranos legacy. "What's different between you and me": Carmela, the audience, and the end / Joseph S. Walker -- Unpredictable but inevitable: that last scene / -- Maurice yacowar -- no justice for all: the fbi, cut to black, and david chase's final hit / Douglas L. Howard -- The Sopranos and the closure junkies / Paul Levinson.

Call Number

MWGT 12-3436

ISBN

• 9780813130125 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0813130123 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011019762

OCLC

YBP 2011019762

Title

The essential Sopranos reader / edited by David Lavery, Douglas L. Howard, and Paul Levinson ; foreword by David Bianculli.

Imprint

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2011.

Series

Essential readers in contemporary media and culture

Essential readers in contemporary media and culture.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Lavery, David, 1949-

Howard, Douglas L., 1966-

Levinson, Paul.

Research Call Number

MWGT 12-3436