Madonnas, Godmothers and Informers in the Italian Mafia
by
Milka Kahn, Anne Véron
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
The role of women in the Italian mafias has long been overlooked. Reduced to victim status and relegated to domestic life in a male-dominated society, women serve as the mafia's respectable facade: virtuous and docile. It is hard to picture these immaculate figures married to and raising brutal killers....