{"product_id":"unfinished-business-dana-renga-9781442615588","title":"Unfinished Business: Screening the Italian Mafia in the New Millennium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnfinished Business \u003c\/em\u003eis the first book to examine Italian mafia cinema of the past decade. It provides insightful analyses of popular films that sensationalize violence, scapegoat women, or repress the homosexuality of male protagonists. Dana Renga examines these works through the lens of gender and trauma theory to show how the films engage with the process of mourning and healing mafia-related trauma in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnfinished Business \u003c\/em\u003eargues that trauma that has yet to be worked through on the national level is displaced onto the characters in the films under consideration. In a mafia context, female characters are sacrificed and non-normative sexual identities are suppressed in order to solidify traditional modes of viewer identification and to assure narrative closure, all so that the image of the nation is left unblemished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dana Renga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442615583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442615588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Dana Renga","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072964423935,"sku":"9781442615588","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c9e16fd-40cd-4870-b33f-06f2516a706c.jpg?v=1685444990","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unfinished-business-dana-renga-9781442615588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}