Antonio Nicaso, Marcel Danesi

Gebundenes Buch

Organized Crime

A Cultural Introduction

Beschreibung

The book demystifies and deconstructs traditional notions of organized crime and offers an interdisciplinary textbook based on an analysis of its history, its codes, its language, symbols, rituals and lifestyles; in short, a cultural introduction to organized crime.

Autor

Antonio Nicaso teaches courses on social history of organized crime and Mafia culture at Queen's University. He is a leading expert on Mafia and Mafia-like criminal organizations in the world. He has published more than 30 books on organized crime, including many bestsellers. Marcel Danesi is Full Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, where he has been teaching since 1974. He has published extensively in the fields of linguistics, semiotics, and forensic semiotics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9780367461263
• ISBN-10: 0367461269
• Artikelnr.: 67073872