Reading the Sopranos : hit TV from HBO /: hit TV from HBO. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by David Lavery.
• Other Names: Lavery, David, 1949-
• Contents: Introduction : Can this be the end of Tony Soprano? / David Lavery -- Surviving "the hit" : will The Sopranos still sing for HBO? / Michael M. Epstein, Jimmie L. Reeves, and Mark C. Rogers -- Homeward bound : those Sopranos titles come heavy / David Johansson -- What has Carmela ever done for feminism? Carmela Soprano and the post-feminist dilemma / Janet McCabe and Kim Akass -- Disciplining the masculine : the disruptive power of Janice Soprano / Valerie Palmer-Mehta -- Eve of destruction : Dr. Melfi as reader of The Sopranos / Bruce Plourde -- Bloodlust for the common man : the Sopranos confronts its volatile American audience / Jessica Baldanzi -- "You're Annette Bening?" Dreams and Hollywood as subtext in The Sopranos / Cameron Golden -- From Columbus to Gary Cooper : mourning the lost white father in The Sopranos / Christopher Kocela -- Gangstas, divas, and breaking Tony's balls : musical reference in The Sopranos / Chris Neal -- Show business or dirty business? The theatrics of Mafia narrative and empathy for the last mob boss standing in The Sopranos / Gwyn Symonds -- Aesthetics and ammunition : art imitating life, life imitating art in The Sopranos / Franco Ricci -- Tasting Brylcreem : law, disorder, and the FBI in The Sopranos / Douglas L. Howard -- The prince of North Jersey / Dean DeFino -- "Black guys, my ass" : uncovering the queerness of racism in The Sopranos / Brian Gibson.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 791.4572; Mafia -- United States -- Characters and characteristics in television programs; Television programs -- United States; PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- History & Criticism; Television programs; Sopranos (TV-serie); Televisie; Analyse (algemeen); United States; Electronic books; Television programs; Television programs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781429453707; 1429453702; 9780857716194; 0857716190; 9781845111212; 1845111214
• Related ISBNs: 1845111214
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-256) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.