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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828250603321

Titolo

A companion to film noir / / edited by Andrew Spicer and Helen Hanson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

ISBN

9781299712546

1299712541

9781118523735

1118523733

9781118523759

111852375X

9781118523728

1118523725

9781118523711

1118523717

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (547 p.)

Classificazione

PER004030

Altri autori (Persone)

SpicerAndrew <1953->

HansonHelen

Disciplina

791.43/655

Soggetti

Film noir - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Conceptualizing film noir -- pt. 2. Hidden, hybrid, and transmedia histories and influences -- pt. 3. Social, industrial, and commercial contexts -- pt. 4. The fabric of film noir : style and performance -- pt. 5. Identities and film noir -- pt. 6. Noir in other forms -- pt. 7. New geographies of film noir.

Sommario/riassunto

"An authoritative companion that offers a wide-ranging thematic survey of this enduringly popular cultural form and includes scholarship from both established and emerging scholars as well as analysis of film noir's influence on other media including television and graphic novels. Covers a wealth of new approaches to film noir and neo-noir that explore issues ranging from conceptualization to cross-media influences Features chapters exploring the wider 'noir mediascape' of television, graphic novels and radio Reflects the historical and



geographical reach of film noir, from the 1920s to the present and in a variety of national cinemas Includes contributions from both established and emerging scholars "--