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020 _a9781421408323
020 _a1421408325
020 _z9781421407807 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
020 _z1421407809 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aPN1995.9.F54
_bO88 2013
082 0 0 _a791.43/6556
_223
100 1 _aOsteen, Mark.
245 1 0 _aNightmare alley
_h[electronic resource] :
_bfilm noir and the American dream /
_cMark Osteen.
260 _aBaltimore :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_c2013.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (336 p.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aNational characteristics, American, in motion pictures.
650 0 _aAmerican Dream in art.
650 0 _aMotion pictures
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aFilm noir
_zUnited States
_xHistory and criticism.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781421408323/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c32142
_d32142