Surveillance noir being watched in twenty-first century film and literature David Riddle Watson

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, David Riddle, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in crime narratives

Cambridge elements. Elements in crime narratives 2755-1873

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surveillance in literature.

Surveillance in motion pictures.

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"In the preface to Feminist Surveillance, Mark Andrejevic argues: 'if in the physical environment the pressing issue of the next several decades is likely to be the dramatic transformation of the global climate, in the social realm, the main issue will be the shifting surveillance climate.' This Element outlines this emerging climate by articulating a subgenre that may be termed 'Surveillance Noir.' Surveillance Noir traces the effects of living in a world where individuals are judged through their data, which is continually and often invisibly collected, interpreted, and redistributed throughout a network. This installment examines these effects by exploring the relationship between contemporary fiction – including The Candy House, Against a Loveless World and Shadow Ticket – and developments in international politics. Specifically, it considers the impact of surveillance regimes on the bodies of women and minority groups, as well as the broader threat that surveillance technologies pose to individual agency"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Surveillance noir : an introduction

Born under the USA : Gilead and Palestine

Masters of war : CIA, FBI, and human resources

Paranoid android : the dangers of digital surveillance

Twilight zone redux : Black Mirror’s reflection

Pynchon : prophet of surveillance noir

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed May 18, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Watson, David Riddle Surveillance noir

ISBN:

9781009439084

1009439081

OCLC:

1581823373

Access Restriction:

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