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A companion to film noir [electronic resource] / edited by Andrew Spicer and Helen Hanson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.Description: xx, 522 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/655 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.F54 C725 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. Conceptualizing film noir -- pt. 2. Hidden, hybrid, and transmedia histories and influences -- pt. 3. Social, industrial, and commercial contexts -- pt. 4. The fabric of film noir : style and performance -- pt. 5. Identities and film noir -- pt. 6. Noir in other forms -- pt. 7. New geographies of film noir.
Summary: "An authoritative companion that offers a wide-ranging thematic survey of this enduringly popular cultural form and includes scholarship from both established and emerging scholars as well as analysis of film noir's influence on other media including television and graphic novels. Covers a wealth of new approaches to film noir and neo-noir that explore issues ranging from conceptualization to cross-media influences Features chapters exploring the wider 'noir mediascape' of television, graphic novels and radio Reflects the historical and geographical reach of film noir, from the 1920s to the present and in a variety of national cinemas Includes contributions from both established and emerging scholars "-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Conceptualizing film noir -- pt. 2. Hidden, hybrid, and transmedia histories and influences -- pt. 3. Social, industrial, and commercial contexts -- pt. 4. The fabric of film noir : style and performance -- pt. 5. Identities and film noir -- pt. 6. Noir in other forms -- pt. 7. New geographies of film noir.

"An authoritative companion that offers a wide-ranging thematic survey of this enduringly popular cultural form and includes scholarship from both established and emerging scholars as well as analysis of film noir's influence on other media including television and graphic novels. Covers a wealth of new approaches to film noir and neo-noir that explore issues ranging from conceptualization to cross-media influences Features chapters exploring the wider 'noir mediascape' of television, graphic novels and radio Reflects the historical and geographical reach of film noir, from the 1920s to the present and in a variety of national cinemas Includes contributions from both established and emerging scholars "-- Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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