Nightmare alley : film noir and the American dream / / Mark Osteen
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| Autore: |
Osteen Mark
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| Titolo: |
Nightmare alley : film noir and the American dream / / Mark Osteen
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/6556 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Filmography: p. [293]-296. | |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This provocative and wide-ranging study revises and refreshes our understanding of noir's characters, themes, and cultural significance. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Nightmare alley |
| ISBN: | 1-4214-0832-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826702903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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