LEADER 03215nam 22005175 450 001 9910485050703321 005 20200702174159.0 010 $a3-030-13807-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-13807-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000009273583 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-13807-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5896970 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009273583 100 $a20190914d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDarkness Calls $eA Critical Investigation of Neo-Noir /$fby Sue Short 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (VIII, 261 p. 1 illus.) 311 $a3-030-13806-2 327 $a1. Introduction: in pursuit of the neo-noir -- 2. Crime, corruption and social critique: a thematic overview of noir -- 3. Conflict and crisis: masculinity and noir -- 4. Fear and fantasy: women in noir -- 5. Noir by any other name?: generic confusion and diffusion -- 6. A lighter shade of noir: differing uses of comedy -- 7. Fatalism vs free will: nihilism and noir. 330 $aThis book examines the contrasting forms neo-noir has taken on screen, asking what prompts our continued interest in tales of criminality and moral uncertainty. Neo-noir plots are both familiar and diverse, found in a host of media formats today, and now span the globe. Yet despite its apparent prevalence?and increased academic attention?many core questions remain unanswered. What has propelled noir?s appeal, half a century on after its supposed decline? What has led film-makers and series-creators to rework given tropes? What debates continue to divide critics? And why are we, as viewers, so drawn to stories that often show us at our worst? Referencing a range of films and series, citing critical work in the field?while also challenging many of the assumptions made?this book sets out to advance our understanding of a subject that has fascinated audiences and academics alike. Theories relating to gender identity and neo-noir?s tricky generic status are discussed, together with an evaluation of differing comic inflections and socio-political concerns, concluding that, although neo-noir is capable of being both progressive and reactionary, it also mobilises potentially radical questions about who we are and what we might be capable of. 606 $aFilm genres 606 $aCulture 606 $aGender 606 $aGenre$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/413110 606 $aCulture and Gender$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411210 615 0$aFilm genres. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aGender. 615 14$aGenre. 615 24$aCulture and Gender. 676 $a791.436 676 $a791.4365 700 $aShort$b Sue$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01226567 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910485050703321 996 $aDarkness Calls$92847971 997 $aUNINA