Darkness calls : a critical investigation of neo-noir /

This book examines the contrasting forms neo-noir has taken on screen, asking what prompts our continued interest in tales of criminality and moral uncertainty--back cover.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Short, Sue, 1968- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Subjects:	Film noir > History and criticism. Film noir. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: In Pursuit of the Neo-Noir
2. Crime, Corruption and Social Critique: A Thematic Overview of Noir
3. Conflict and Crisis: Masculinity and Noir
4. Fear and Fantasy: Women in Noir
5. Noir by Any Other Name? Generic Confusion and Diffusion
6. A Lighter Shade of Noir: Differing Uses of Comedy
7. Fatalism vs. Free Will: Nihilism and Noir
Filmography
Index.