Absent Presence: Women in American Gangster Narrative

Absent Presence: Women in American Gangster Narrative

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Absent Presence: Women in American Gangster Narrative investigates women characters in American gangster narratives through the principal roles accorded to them. It argues that women in these texts function as an “absent presence,” by which I mean that they are a convention of the patriarchal gangs...

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Main Author: Coccimiglio, Carmela
Other Authors: Jarraway, David
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2013
Subjects:
gangster
American gangster
gangster film
gender
race
sexuality
stereotypes
canon
genre
gangster genre
women
gangsta
mother
moll
wife
female gangster
popular culture
The Godfather
The Sopranos
The Public Enemy
Little Caesar
Scarface
Dead End
White Heat
Underworld
The Shock
The Great Gatsby
Three on a Match
Casino
Goodfellas
Lady Gangster
Lady Scarface
Set It Off
The Wire
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26217
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3284

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http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26217
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3284

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