Darkness Calls

A Critical Investigation of Neo-Noir

AvSue Short

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-10-02
Mått:148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt:370 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:261
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030138097

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Sue Short is a lecturer and writer and has an Honorary Research Fellowship at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Prior publications include Cyborg Cinema (2004), Misfit Sisters: Screen Horror as Female Rites of Passage (2006), Cult Telefantasy Series (2011) and Fairy Tale and Film: Old Tales with a New Spin (2015).

Innehållsförteckning

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.