Nightmare alley film noir and the American dream / Mark Osteen.

Author/creator Osteen, Mark
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Descriptionviii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction: film noir and the American dream -- "Someone else's nightmare": exploring noir dreamscapes -- Missing persons: self-erasure and reinvention -- Vet noir: masculinity, memory and trauma -- Framed: forging noir identities -- Noir's cars: automobility and amoral space -- Nocturnes in black and blue: memory, morality and jazz melody -- Femmes vital: film noir and women's work -- Left-handed endeavor: crime, capitalism, and the Hollywood left -- Conclusion: American nightmares.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012017652
ISBN9781421407807 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781421408323 (electronic)
ISBN1421407809 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1421408325 (electronic)

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