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Autore |
Osteen Mark |
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Nightmare alley [[electronic resource] ] : film noir and the American dream / / Mark Osteen |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Film noir - United States - History and criticism |
Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
American Dream in art |
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures |
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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 and index. |
Filmography: p. [293]-296. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: film noir and the American dream -- "Someone else's nightmare": exploring noir dreamscapes -- Missing persons: self-erasure and reinvention -- Vet noir: masculinity, memory and trauma -- Framed: forging noir identities -- Noir's cars: automobility and amoral space -- Nocturnes in black and blue: memory, morality and jazz melody -- Femmes vital: film noir and women's work -- Left-handed endeavor: crime, capitalism, and the Hollywood left -- Conclusion: American nightmares. |
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