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UNINA9910449943103321 |
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Krutnik Frank <1956-> |
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Titolo |
In a lonely street [[electronic resource] ] : film noir, genre, masculinity / / Frank Krutnik |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1991 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-97318-7 |
1-280-60360-7 |
9786610603602 |
0-203-13030-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Film noir - United States - History and criticism |
Popular culture - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-259) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Classical Hollywood: film and genre; 2 Genre and the problem of film noir; 3 'Hard-bodied' crime fiction and film noir; 4 Film noir and the popularisation of psychoanalysis; 5 Film noir and America in the 1940's; 6 Masculinity and its discontents; 7 The 'tough' investigative thriller; 8 The 'tough' suspense thriller; 9 The criminal-adventure thriller; 10 A problem in 'algebra': Dead Reckoning and the regimentation of the masculine; Appendix 1 'Hard-boiled' Hollywood: 1940-50; Appendix 2 1940's crime-film cycles; Notes; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Discussing the diversity and cultural significance of Film Noir, Krutnik examines films such as The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity and analyses the `tough' thriller in terms of its role in reaffirming a disrupted masculine order. |
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