TY  - GEN
T1  - The Godfather and Sicily  : Power, Honor, Family, and Evil.
T2  - SUNY Series in Italian/American Culture Ser.
A1  - Belliotti, Raymond A., 1948-
LA  - English
PP  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1244622626
AB  - "Offers a distinctive interpretation of The Godfather as a novel and film sequence. In this interdisciplinary work, Raymond Angelo Belliotti presents an interpretation of The Godfather as, among other things, a commentary on the transformation of personal identity within the Sicilian and Italian immigrant experience. The book explores both the novel and the film sequence in terms of an existential conflict between two sets of values that offer competing visions of the world: on the one hand, a nineteenth-century Sicilian perspective grounded in honor and the accumulation of power within a culturally specific family order; and on the other, a twentieth-century American perspective that celebrates individualism and commercial success. Analyzing concepts such as honor, power, will to power, respect, atonement, repentance, forgiveness, and a meaningful life, Belliotti applies these analyses to the cultural understandings transported to America by nineteenth-century Italian immigrants, casting fresh light on Old World allegiances to l'ordine della famiglia (the family order), la via vecchia (the old way), and the patriarchal ideal of uomo di pazienza (the man of patience), as well as the Sicilian code of honor. The two sets of values--Old World Sicilian and twentieth-century American--coalesce uneasily in the same cultural setting, and their conflict is irresolvable."--Publisher description.
OP  - 222
NO  - Description based upon print version of record.
CN  - PS3566.U9 G6293 2021eb
SN  - 9781438484327
SN  - 1438484321
SN  - 9781438484310
SN  - 1438484313
KW  - Puzo, Mario, : 1920-1999. : Godfather.
KW  - Puzo, Mario, : 1920-1999 : Film adaptations.
KW  - Puzo, Mario, : 1920-1999
KW  - Godfather (Puzo, Mario)
KW  - Godfather films : History and criticism.
KW  - Performing arts.
KW  - Video recordings.
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Parrain (Films) : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Arts du spectacle.
KW  - Vidéos.
KW  - Livres numériques.
KW  - performing arts (discipline)
KW  - video recordings (physical artifacts)
KW  - e-books.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
KW  - Godfather films
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - Literary criticism.
KW  - Critiques littéraires.
ER  -