Nightmare alley film noir and the American dream /

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Autor Principal: Osteen, Mark
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.