Autore |
Osteen Mark
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (337 p.)
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Disciplina |
791.43/6556
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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
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ISBN |
1-4214-0832-5
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Formato |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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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.
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826702903321 |