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Title A companion to film noir / edited by Andrew Spicer and Helen Hanson
Published Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 522 pages) : illustrations
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
"Film noir fascinates cineastes like no other genre. This authoritative companion features the work of a highly distinguished group of international scholars, adopting a thematic approach that examines key topics rather than focusing on individual titles or auteurs. It reflects the expanding purview of analysts by including novel subjects such as neo-noir, international noir movies, and 'noir' as expressed in other forms such as comics, graphic novels, posters, radio and television. Informed by cutting-edge scholarship, this collection extends and deepens the developing understanding of this enduringly captivating mode of cultural expression"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed July 23, 2013)
Subject Film noir -- History and criticism
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
ART -- Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
Film noir
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Spicer, Andrew, 1953- editor.
Hanson, Helen, editor
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