The Sicilian Mafia: transformation to a global evil A Máfia siciliana: a transformação num mal global

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which social perceptions of the Mafia have shifted over time. Initially considered as a Sicilian way of being, as an attitude, the Sicilian Mafia was subsequently viewed as a universal, global, and even religious form of Evil, to be fought in a war...

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Main Author: Deborah Puccio-Den
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia 2008-11-01
Series:Etnográfica: Revista do Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.oces.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0873-65612008000200006