TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spicer,Andrew
AU  - Hanson,Helen
TI  - A companion to film noir
SN  - 9781118523759
AV  - PN1995.9.F54 C725 2013eb
U1  - 791.43/655 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex
PB  - Wiley Blackwell
KW  - Film noir
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS
KW  - Film & Video
KW  - History & Criticism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - ART
KW  - Reference
KW  - fast
KW  - Detective and mystery stories
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Motion pictures and the war
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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 "--; "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"--
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118523728
ER  -