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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Short Sue"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Darkness Calls : A Critical Investigation of Neo-Noir / / by Sue Short"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"9783030138073"]
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[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed. 2019.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (VIII, 261 p. 1 illus.)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"791.436"]
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[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Film genres"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Sex"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Genre Studies"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Gender Studies"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"1. Introduction: in pursuit of the neo-noir -- 2. Crime, corruption and social critique: a thematic overview of noir -- 3. Conflict and crisis: masculinity and noir -- 4. Fear and fantasy: women in noir -- 5. Noir by any other name?: generic confusion and diffusion -- 6. A lighter shade of noir: differing uses of comedy -- 7. Fatalism vs free will: nihilism and noir."]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","This book examines the contrasting forms neo-noir has taken on screen, asking what prompts our continued interest in tales of criminality and moral uncertainty. Neo-noir plots are both familiar and diverse, found in a host of media formats today, and now span the globe. Yet despite its apparent prevalence-and increased academic attention-many core questions remain unanswered. What has propelled noir's appeal, half a century on after its supposed decline? What has led film-makers and series-creators to rework given tropes? What debates continue to divide critics? And why are we, as viewers, so drawn to stories that often show us at our worst? Referencing a range of films and series, citing critical work in the field-while also challenging many of the assumptions made-this book sets out to advance our understanding of a subject that has fascinated audiences and academics alike. Theories relating to gender identity and neo-noir's tricky generic status are discussed, together with an evaluation of "]
[{"$nulls":4},"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."]