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02922aam a22003978i 4500 001 12DAB5B6447311EDBB956A3F21ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221005010052 008 220118s2022 nyu b 000 0ceng 010 $a 2022001193 020 $a 0143136119 020 $a 9780143136118 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-it--- 050 00 $a HV6452.5 $b .N34 2022 082 00 $a 364.106/6082 $2 23/eng/20220118 100 1 $a Nadeau, Barbie Latza, $e author. 245 14 $a The Godmother : $b murder, vengeance, and the bloody struggle of Mafia women / $c Barbie Latza Nadeau. 263 $a 2209. 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Penguin Books, $c [2022] 300 $a 242 pages ; $c 20 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Pupetta's kitchen -- Crime school /Naples' notorious prison -- The strong and the sweet -- Sex and honor -- Til death do us part -- Toxic parents -- Drugs, guns, and vats of acid -- The sin of confession -- Dying to escape -- A few good women. 520 $a "The untold stories of the women who have risen to prominence and notoriety in the male-led culture of the Italian Mafia. For as long as it has gripped our imaginations, the Mafia has been tied to an ingrained image of masculinity. We read about "made men," "wiseguys," and "goodfellas" leading criminal organizations whose culture prizes machismo, with women as ancillary and often-powerless characters: trivialized mistresses and long-suffering mob wives. The reality is far more complex. In The Godmother, investigative journalist Barbie Latza Nadeau tells the stories of the women who have risen to prominence, and fallen out of favor, in the Italian mob, beginning with the most infamous of these women: Pupetta Maresca. A Mafia woman born and raised, Pupetta avenged her husband's murder, firing 29 shots at the man who killed him. Woven throughout Pupetta's story is Nadeau's diligent research, and her personal interviews with the Mafia women themselves. Nadeau takes readers inside the Mafia families to paint a complete and complex portrait of the real culture that has shaped the Mafia, and the women who are part of it. Leaving behind the stereotypes we know from Mafia movies, The Godmothers shows the Mafia in an entirely new light: full-fledged, ruthless, twenty-first-century criminal enterprises led by whoever is strong enough and smart enough to take control"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Maresca, Pupetta, $d 1935-2021. 650 0 $a Women and the mafia $z Italy $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 6 952 $l CZPD706 $d 20231205010927.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010024811.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20230328011641.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20221102013152.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20221005010709.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20221005010340.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=12DAB5B6447311EDBB956A3F21ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search