American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings
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American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings

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  2. English
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eBook - PDF

American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings

About this book

American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings argues that film noir style evolved out of American literature prior to the 1930s and continues to evolve long after the classic films that defined its presence in cinema. While many critics suggest that the film noir tradition ceased after the mid-1950s, labeling similar films produced later as 'neo-noir', Harold Hellwig contends that film noir itself has continued to evolve beyond cinema to include television series such as CSI, Have Gun Will Travel, and Frasier, among others. Hellwig posits that, rather than being a single genre in and of itself, film noir comprises several genres, including detective procedurals, science fiction, the Western, and even comedy. This book examines different elements of American film noir – including the characters and settings it is often defined by – and its contexts within different adaptations in both film and television. Scholars of film studies, American literature, and media studies will find this book of particular interest.

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Information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2023
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781978785465
Topic
Medios de comunicación y artes escénicas
Subtopic
Colecciones literarias norteamericanas

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1: Introduction: Genre and American Film Noir
  10. Chapter 2: Genre and Foundation in Film Noir Adaptations from American Culture
  11. Chapter 3: William Blake’s Jerusalem and the Los Angeles of Film Noir: The Genre of Color within a Color-Deprived Urban Landscape
  12. Chapter 4: The Film Noir City and the Detective
  13. Chapter 5: Travel in Film Noir
  14. Chapter 6: The Genre of Women as Controlling Figures: Deception and Redemption
  15. Chapter 7: Science Fiction in Film Noir
  16. Chapter 8: The Western as a Film Noir Genre
  17. Chapter 9: Comedy as a Film Noir Genre: A Specific Focus on Frasier: A Television Series (1993–2004)
  18. Works Cited
  19. Index
  20. About the Author

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