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Title: Companion to the Gangster Film
Author: George S. Larke-Walsh
Narrator: David Colacci, Susan Ericksen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 30:15:19
Language: English
Release date: 10-19-2021
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: Non-Fiction, Art & Music
Summary:
While gangster films are one of America's most popular genres, gangster movies appear in every film industry across the world. With contributions from an international panel of experts, A Companion to the Gangster Film explores the popularity of gangster films across three major continents: the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The authors acknowledge the gangster genre's popularity and examine the reasons supporting its appeal to twenty-first century audiences across the globe. This important guide to the gangster film genre:
- Reveals how the gangster film engages in complex and contradictory themes
- Examines the changing face of the gangster film in America
- Explores the ideas of gangsterism and migration in the Hispanic USA, Latin America, and the Caribbean
- Discusses the wide variety of gangster types to appear in European cinema
- Contains a review of a wide-range of gangster films from the Americans, Europe, and Asia
Written for academics and students of film, A Companion to the Gangster Film offers a scholarly and authoritative guide exploring the various aspects and international appeal of the gangster film genre.
