02437nam 2200601 a 450 991078820740332120200520144314.01-4214-0832-5(CKB)3170000000060707(EBL)3318665(SSID)ssj0000803670(PQKBManifestationID)11518434(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803670(PQKBWorkID)10810586(PQKB)11341343(OCoLC)835910081(MdBmJHUP)muse25407(Au-PeEL)EBL3318665(CaPaEBR)ebr10643246(OCoLC)824353597(MiAaPQ)EBC3318665(EXLCZ)99317000000006070720120508d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNightmare alley[electronic resource] film noir and the American dream /Mark OsteenBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20131 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4214-0780-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Filmography: p. [293]-296.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.Film noirUnited StatesHistory and criticismMotion picturesSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAmerican Dream in artNational characteristics, American, in motion picturesFilm noirHistory and criticism.Motion picturesSocial aspectsHistoryAmerican Dream in art.National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.791.43/6556Osteen Mark1492449MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788207403321Nightmare alley3820783UNINA