Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- It's HBO and it's complicated: The Sopranos and television history -- The cultural logic of The Sopranos -- Cut to black: sentimentality, nostalgia, and history in The Sopranos -- Capitalism in The Sopranos -- The Sopranos and the history of the gangster film -- The comic incongruity of The Sopranos -- Religion in The Sopranos -- The Sopranos and the spread of the therapeutic society -- The Sopranos and the decline of the American family -- The Sopranos and the decline of American manhood -- Women in The Sopranos -- Representing the FBI in The Sopranos -- The Sopranos and postethnic America -- The working class and The Sopranos -- Conclusion.