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Gangster priest
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ISBN: 1442684364 9781442684362 9780802091130 080209113X 9780802094032 0802094031 Year: 2006 Publisher: Toronto Buffalo

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Widely acclaimed as America's greatest living film director, Martin Scorsese is also, some argue, the pre-eminent Italian American artist. Although he has treated various subjects in over three decades, his most sustained filmmaking and the core of his achievement consists of five films on Italian American subjects ? Who?s That Knocking at My Door?, Mean Streets, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, and Casino ? as well as the documentary Italianamerican. In Gangster Priest Robert Casillo examines these films in the context of the society, religion, culture, and history of Southern Italy, from which the majority of Italian Americans, including Scorsese, derive.Casillo argues that these films cannot be fully appreciated either thematically or formally without understanding the various facets of Italian American ethnicity, as well as the nature of Italian American cinema and the difficulties facing assimilating third-generation artists. Forming a unified whole, Scorsese's Italian American films offer what Casillo views as a prolonged meditation on the immigrant experience, the relationship between Italian America and Southern Italy, the conflicts between the ethnic generations, and the formation and development of Italian American ethnicity (and thus identity) on American soil through the generations. Raised as a Catholic and deeply imbued with Catholic values, Scorsese also deals with certain forms of Southern Italian vernacular religion, which have left their imprint not only on Scorsese himself but also on the spiritually tormented characters of his Italian American films. Casillo also shows how Scorsese interrogates the Southern Italian code of masculine honour in his exploration of the Italian American underworld or Mafia, and through his implicitly Catholic optic, discloses its thoroughgoing and longstanding opposition to Christianity.Bringing a wealth of scholarship and insight into Scorsese's work, Casillo's study will captivate readers interested in the director's magisterial artistry, the rich social history of Southern Italy, Italian American ethnicity, and the sociology and history of the Mafia in both Sicily and the United States.


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Animal welfare
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ISBN: 9781626183759 9781626183742 1626183759 1626183740 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York


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Immigrants and Change.
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ISBN: 1443863513 9781443863513 1306947189 9781306947183 9781443852401 1443852406 Year: 2013 Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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This book argues that a religious worldview or a religious subcultural identity as expressed by the theory of Moral Cosmology is only one of many subcultural identities that the immigrant utilizes in their assimilation to a new host environment. It offers two alternative theories - a multiple subcultural identity formulation and the theory of inter-sectionality - to explain changes in immigrant opinions as they transition from immigrant generation, to 1.5 to 2.0 generation. Relying upon data ...


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Federal management of wildland fire : key changes and perspectives on policy
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ISBN: 1634848659 9781634848657 1634848640 9781634848640 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers,


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Private military and security companies
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ISBN: 1443893951 9781443893954 9781443890618 Year: 2016 Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne

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This book's primary concern is the application of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law in addressing the business conduct of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) during armed conflicts, as well as state responsibility for human rights violations and current attempts at international regulation. The book discusses four interconnected themes. First, it differentiates private contractors from mercenaries, presenting an historical overview of private violence. Second, it situates PMSCs' employees under the legal status of civilian or combatant in accordance


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American Postfeminist Cinema
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ISBN: 9781474405560 9780748693368 9780748693375 0748693378 9780748696772 0748696776 1306819962 9781306819961 074869336X Year: 2022 Publisher: Edinburgh

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In light of their tremendous gains in the political and professional sphere, and their ever expanding options, why do most contemporary American films aimed at women still focus almost exclusively on their pursuit of a heterosexual romantic relationship? American Postfeminist Cinema explores this question and is the first book to examine the symbiotic relationship between heterosexual romance and postfeminist culture. The book argues that since 1980, postfeminism's most salient tensions and anxieties have been reflected in the American romance film. Case studies of a broad range of Hollywood and independent films reveal how the postfeminist romance cycle is intertwined with contemporary women's ambivalence and broader cultural anxieties about women's changing social and political status. Key Features: Offers a new perspective on both popular American romance films and postfeminist cultural criticism by examining the symbiotic relationship between romance and postfeminism. Analyses the recurring narrative and discursive patterns of postfeminist cinema. Includes 13 case studies of popular postfeminist films and other media texts, including television programmes. Continues the tradition of feminist analysis of romance as a significant media genre for women.


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American literary history.
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ISSN: 08967148 14684365 Year: 1989 Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press

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Recent Americanist scholarship has generated some of the most forceful responses to questions about literary history and theory. Yet too many of the most provocative essays have been scattered among a wide variety of narrowly focused publications. Covering the study of U.S. literature from its origins through the present, American Literary History provides a much-needed forum for the various, often competing voices of contemporary literary inquiry. Along with an annual special issue, the journal features essay-reviews, commentaries, and critical exchanges. It welcomes articles on historical and theoretical problems as well as writers and works. Inter-disciplinary studies from related fields are also invited.

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American literature --- Littérature américaine --- History and criticism --- Periodicals --- Histoire et critique --- Périodiques --- American literature. --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Literature --- Literatur --- Geschichte --- Online-Ressource --- USA --- Arts and Humanities. --- Literature. --- Belletristik --- Dichtung --- Schöne Literatur --- Sprachkunst --- Wortkunst --- Netzpublikation --- Online-Publikation --- Computerdatei im Fernzugriff --- Online-Dokument --- On-line-Dokument --- On-line-Publikation --- Landesgeschichte --- Regionalgeschichte --- Ortsgeschichte --- Zeitgeschichte --- United States of America --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Nordamerika --- Amerika --- United States --- Etats Unis --- Etats-Unis --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Estados Unidos de America --- EEUU --- Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika --- Soedinennye Štaty Ameriki --- SŠA --- Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki Północnej --- Hēnōmenai Politeiai tēs Boreiu Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- HēPA --- Ēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- ĒPA --- Meiguo --- Etats-Unis d'Amérique --- US --- Buch --- Schriftsteller --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- Geschichtsphilosophie --- Vergangenheit --- Elektronische Publikation --- Amerikaner --- Konföderierte Staaten von Amerika --- Schöne Literatur --- Soedinennye Štaty Ameriki --- SŠA --- Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki Północnej --- Hēnōmenai Politeiai tēs Boreiu Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- HēPA --- Ēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- ĒPA --- Etats-Unis d'Amérique --- Konföderierte Staaten von Amerika


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The journal of private equity.
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ISSN: 10965572 21688508 Year: 1997 Publisher: New York, NY : Institutional Investor

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Finance --- Venture capital --- Investments --- Capital à risques --- Investissements --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques --- Investments. --- Venture capital. --- Private Equity. --- Risikokapital. --- USA. --- Business, Economy and Management --- General and Others --- Insurance and Investment --- Stocks and Shares --- Risikofinanzierung --- Venture Capital --- Wagnisfinanzierung --- Wagniskapital --- Beteiligungskapital --- Risk capital --- Seed capital --- Investing --- Investment management --- Portfolio --- United States of America --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Nordamerika --- Amerika --- United States --- Etats Unis --- Etats-Unis --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Estados Unidos de America --- EEUU --- Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika --- Soedinennye Štaty Ameriki --- SŠA --- Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki Północnej --- Hēnōmenai Politeiai tēs Boreiu Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- HēPA --- Ēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- ĒPA --- Meiguo --- Etats-Unis d'Amérique --- US --- Kapital --- Eigenkapital --- Eigenfinanzierung --- Beteiligungsfinanzierung --- Capital --- Small business --- Small business investment companies --- Disinvestment --- Loans --- Saving and investment --- Speculation --- Amerikaner --- Konföderierte Staaten von Amerika --- Financiën --- Private Equity --- Risikokapital --- USA --- Investment & Speculation --- Soedinennye Štaty Ameriki --- SŠA --- Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki Północnej --- Hēnōmenai Politeiai tēs Boreiu Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- HēPA --- Ēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- ĒPA --- Etats-Unis d'Amérique --- Konföderierte Staaten von Amerika


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Building responsive and responsible financial regulators in the aftermath of the global financial crisis
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ISBN: 9781780681795 1780681798 9781780684369 1780684363 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cambridge : Intersentia,

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The global financial crisis that started in 2007 sparked several academic debates about the role that financial sector regulators played in the crisis and prompted policy reforms in the financial supervision architectures of several countries. This book focuses on the question of what accountability, independence, transparency and, more generally, governance mechanisms applicable to financial regulators can better contribute to building responsive, responsible and effective regulatory and supervisory frameworks that tackle the weaknesses of the pre-crisis regimes. It re-visits the concepts of accountability and independence of financial regulators as well as the main economic theories underlying financial services policy-making, in light of the crisis experience. In addition, it critically examines the post-crisis institutional frameworks of financial regulation and supervision in the EU, the US and Canada with a view to assessing whether the financial regulators of the post-global financial crisis era are well suited to effectively address the challenges and threats that global financial markets pose to the stability, integrity and good functioning of financial systems as well as to the protection of consumers, investors and society at large.Topics addressed in this volume include:- The theoretical foundations of accountability and independence in financial regulation after the crisis; - The influence of economic theory on the quality of financial regulation and supervision;- Accountability in the European Banking Union and the European System of Financial Supervision;- Post-crisis structures of financial regulation in the US and their impact on consumer/investor protection and financial stability;- The role of financial supervision architecture in the stability of the Canadian financial system. The contributors to this volume are economists, lawyers, political scientists and sociologists from both academia and practice. Therefore, this book will be highly relevant to scholars and practitioners in these areas.

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Comparative law --- Droit comparé --- Rechtsvergelijking --- 333.139.1 --- 347.730 --- Finance --- Financial institutions --- Commercial law --- Instellingen voor kredietcontrole. Commissie voor het Bank-en financiewezen. CBFA. --- Financiële instellingen: algemeen. --- Law and legislation. --- Law --- Law and legislation --- Financial services industry --- Union européenne --- United States --- Instellingen voor kredietcontrole. Commissie voor het Bank-en financiewezen. CBFA --- Financiële instellingen: algemeen --- Europäische Union. --- USA. --- Kanada. --- Canada --- Dominion of Canada --- Puissance du Canada --- Kanadier --- Provinz Kanada --- 01.07.1867 --- -United States of America --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Nordamerika --- Amerika --- United States of America --- Etats Unis --- Etats-Unis --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Estados Unidos de America --- EEUU --- Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika --- Soedinennye Štaty Ameriki --- SŠA --- Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki Północnej --- Hēnōmenai Politeiai tēs Boreiu Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- HēPA --- Ēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- ĒPA --- Meiguo --- Etats-Unis d'Amérique --- US --- Amerikaner --- Konföderierte Staaten von Amerika --- Soedinennye Štaty Ameriki --- SŠA --- Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki Północnej --- Hēnōmenai Politeiai tēs Boreiu Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- HēPA --- Ēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- ĒPA --- Etats-Unis d'Amérique --- Konföderierte Staaten von Amerika

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