LLCU 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sicilian Mafia, Giovanni Verga, Mobsters
19 May 2017
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Week 1 lecture notes: rustic chivalry, opera is based on short story, giovanni verga created the opera, realist writer, depict life in everyday sicily/places, this story is about revenge (opera in ending of godfather) Some are strongly politically constructed: enables the culture/nation/empire to bury what it is surrounded it, myths are believed to become real, three brothers (osso etc. ) John gotti: boss of gambino family in new york. In video, talking about john gotti grandson: origin of mafia. Impossible to determine day it was founded: the first time the word mafia appeared was in 1863 in a play written by rizzotto/mosca. I(cid:374) 1863, (cid:449)ord (cid:373)afia e(cid:374)tered i(cid:374)to (cid:272)ir(cid:272)ulatio(cid:374) (cid:271)ut (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith the orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374: mafia was never on the side of the poor but was a product of ruling classes* In 1865, word mafia used by police: mafia is a way of doing, not a way of thinking.
