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American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings
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2023
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American Film Noir Genres, Characters, and Settings argues that film noir style evolved out of American literature prior to the 1930s and continues to evolve long after the classic films that defined its presence in cinema. While many critics suggest that the film noir tradition ceased after the mid-1950s, labeling similar films produced later as ‘neo-noir’, Harold Hellwig contends that film noir itself has continued to evolve beyond cinema to include television series such as CSI, Have Gun Will Travel, and Frasier, among others. Hellwig posits that, rather than being a single genre in and of itself, film noir comprises several genres, including detective procedurals, science fiction, the Western, and even comedy. This book examines different elements of American film noir – including the characters and settings it is often defined by – and its contexts within different adaptations in both film and television. Scholars of film studies, American literature, and media studies will find this book of particular interest.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1651-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1652-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
164
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Dedication No access
Contents No access
List of Figures No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1: Introduction: Genre and American Film Noir No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter 2: Genre and Foundation in Film Noir Adaptations from American Culture No access Pages 9 - 30
Chapter 3: William Blake’s Jerusalem and the Los Angeles of Film Noir: The Genre of Color within a Color-Deprived Urban Landscape No access Pages 31 - 50
Chapter 4: The Film Noir City and the Detective No access Pages 51 - 64
Chapter 5: Travel in Film Noir No access Pages 65 - 80
Chapter 6: The Genre of Women as Controlling Figures: Deception and Redemption No access Pages 81 - 100
Chapter 7: Science Fiction in Film Noir No access Pages 101 - 112
Chapter 8: The Western as a Film Noir Genre No access Pages 113 - 128
Chapter 9: Comedy as a Film Noir Genre: A Specific Focus on Frasier: A Television Series (1993–2004) No access Pages 129 - 144
Works Cited No access Pages 145 - 154
Index No access Pages 155 - 162
About the Author No access Pages 163 - 164
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