America is elsewhere : the noir tradition in the age of consumer culture /
This study conceives the literary and cinematic category of 'noir' as a way of understanding the defining conflict between authenticity and consumer culture in post-World War II America. It analyses works of fiction and film in order to argue that both contribute to a 'noir tradition&...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This study conceives the literary and cinematic category of 'noir' as a way of understanding the defining conflict between authenticity and consumer culture in post-World War II America. It analyses works of fiction and film in order to argue that both contribute to a 'noir tradition' that is initiated around the end of World War II and continues to develop and evolve in the present. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199970735 0199970734 1299940102 9781299940109 9780199369027 019936902X |