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- Title
TV Gangsters and the Course of the Italian American Antidefamation Movement.
- Authors
KENNA, LAURA COOK
- Abstract
The article talks about the history of the Italian American Antidefamation Movement that began in the mid-twentieth-century to protest against television characterizations of fictional Mafia characters having Italian last names and accents. Topics discussed include the television series "The Sopranos", and television in the U.S. relying on Italian American culture and traditions to characterize their gangster protagonists.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ITALIAN Americans; LIBEL &; slander; FICTIONAL characters; MAFIA; SOPRANOS, The (TV program); HISTORY; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Italian American Review, 2016, Vol 6, Issue 2, p203
- ISSN
0535-9120
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5406/italamerrevi.6.2.0203