The essential Sopranos reader [electronic resource] / edited by David Lavery, Douglas L. Howard, and Paul Levinson ; foreword by David Bianculli.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The Sopranos, David Chase, HBO, and television. The Sopranos as tipping point in the second coming of HBO / Gary R. Edgerton -- From made men to Mad men: what Matthew Weiner learned from David Chase / David Lavery -- The Sopranos: if nothing Is real, you have overpaid for your carpet / Martha P. Nochimson -- Author(iz)ing Chase / Robin Nelson -- Characters. "Half a wiseguy": Paulie Walnuts, meet Tom Stoppard / Paul Wright -- Christopher, Osama, and A.J.: contemporary narcissism and terrorism in The Sopranos / Jason Jacobs -- "When it comes to daughters, all bets are off": the seductive father-daughter relationship of Tony and Meadow Soprano / Marisa Carroll -- Gendering The Sopranos. "Blabbermouth cunts", or, speaking in tongues: narrative crises for women in The Sopranos and feminist dilemmas / Kim Akass and Janet McCabe -- Honoring the social compact: the last temptation of Melfi / Nancy McGuire Roche -- A "finook" in the crew: Vito Spatafore, The Sopranos, and the queering of the Mafia genre / George De Stefano -- Cinematic Concerns. The producers: the dangers of filmmaking in The Sopranos / Cameron Golden -- Comfortably numb? The Sopranos, new brutalism, and the last temptation of Chris / Glen Creeber -- -- dreams and therapy. fishes and football coaches: the narrative necessity of dreams in the sopranos / Cynthia Burkhead -- From here to InFinnerty: Tony Soprano and the American Way / Terri Carney -- "Whatever Happened to Stop and Smell the Roses?": The Sopranos as anti-therapeutic narrative / David Pattie -- Ethnic and Social Concerns. Mangia Mafia! food, punishment, and cultural identity in The Sopranos / Michael M. Grynbaum -- The guinea as tragic hero: the complex representation of Italian Americans in The Sopranos / Frank P. Tomasulo -- "All Caucasians look alike": dreams of whiteness at the end of The Sopranos / Christopher Kocela -- Images of justice and The Sopranos. Representations of law and justice in The Sopranos: an introduction / Barbara Villez -- Lawyer-client relations as seen in The Sopranos / James M. Keneally -- "This isn't a negotiation": "getting to yes" with Tony Soprano / Sharon Sutherland and Sarah Swan -- The price of stereotype: the representation of the Mafia in Italy and the United States in The Sopranos / Antonio Ingroia -- The image of justice in The Sopranos / Fabio Licata -- Narrative and intertextuality. "Funny about God, and fate, and shit like that": the imminent unexpected in The Sopranos / Robert Piluso -- The Sopranos and history / Albert Auster -- Silence in The Sopranos / Steven Peacock -- Cut to black: the finale and the Sopranos legacy. "What's different between you and me": Carmela, the audience, and the end / Joseph S. Walker -- Unpredictable but inevitable: that last scene / -- Maurice yacowar -- no justice for all: the fbi, cut to black, and david chase's final hit / Douglas L. Howard -- The Sopranos and the closure junkies / Paul Levinson.

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