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Darkness calls : a critical investigation of neo-noir / Sue Short.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.F54 S56 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Short, Sue, 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Film noir--History and criticism.
- Film noir.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 261 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- Summary:
- This book examines the contrasting forms neo-noir has taken on screen, asking what prompts our continued interest in tales of criminality and moral uncertainty--back cover.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: In Pursuit of the Neo-Noir
- 2. Crime, Corruption and Social Critique: A Thematic Overview of Noir
- 3. Conflict and Crisis: Masculinity and Noir
- 4. Fear and Fantasy: Women in Noir
- 5. Noir by Any Other Name? Generic Confusion and Diffusion
- 6. A Lighter Shade of Noir: Differing Uses of Comedy
- 7. Fatalism vs. Free Will: Nihilism and Noir
- Filmography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography (pages 237-247) and index.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9783030138066
- 3030138062
- OCLC:
- 1108692051
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