{"product_id":"the-sopranos-born-under-a-bad-sign-paperback-softback-9781442615717","title":"The Sopranos; Born Under a Bad Sign (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442615717","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBorn Under a Bad Sign\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFranco Ricci (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442615717\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 June 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Ricci’s book is a carefully considered and detailed study with an exhaustive and nuanced understanding of the show.’\u003c\/p\u003e - James McNamara (Australian Book Review, January-February 2015) \u003cp\u003e‘Franco Ricci’s \u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos: Born under a Bad Sign\u003c\/em\u003e provides an interesting take on a controversial, but much-heralded, television series…. It is an important read for those interested in psychoanalysis, social commentary, history, and American popular culture.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Nick Giorgio (H-Italy December 2014) \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The Sopranos\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique, extended meditation on Chase as auteur… This book should be of interest to students and scholars in film\/television studies, media studies, Italian American studies and related fields. Ricci’s analysis also stands as a useful and usefully extended, case study for those interested in semiotics, mass media, and aesthetics.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Michael R. Frontani (Italian American Review winter 2015) \u003cp\u003e‘Ricci’s study is compelling, innovative, and even surprisingly moving.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Liz Roberts (Media Education Journal vol 57:2015)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften hailed as one of the greatest television series of all time, \u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/em\u003e is a product of its time, firmly embedded in the problems of post-industrial, post-ethnic America. In \u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos: Born under a Bad Sign\u003c\/em\u003e, Franco Ricci examines the groundbreaking HBO series and its impact as a cultural phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRicci demonstrates an encyclopedic knowledge of the series, the genre, and their social context in his analysis of the show’s complex themes and characters. He explores \u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/em\u003e’ deep engagement with problems of race, class, gender, and identity, specifically in its portrayal of the Italian-American experience, consumer and media-driven society, and contemporary psychosocial issues. The series’ protagonist, Mafia boss and patriarch Tony Soprano, in many ways embodies the anxieties of our age. Focusing on Tony’s internal struggles and interactions with his therapist, family, and associates, Ricci traces this archetypal character’s existential conflicts and sheds light on his search for self, connection, and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComprehensive in scope and sophisticated in approach, \u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos: Born under a Bad Sign\u003c\/em\u003e is richly rewarding reading for anyone with an interest in the popular television drama, both as entertainment and social commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: “Coming Heavy”: Revisiting, Rereading, Rethinking \u003cem\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Inner Sanctums\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. When I Grow Up I Want to Be an American\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. God Help the Beast in Me\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Two Tonys: Drawing Conclusions from Mediated Mob Images\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. An Appendix of Verbal Bits and Visual Bytes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Readings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52521228501272,"sku":"9781442615717","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sopranos-born-under-a-bad-sign-paperback-softback-9781442615717","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}