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Nightmare alley : film noir and the American dream /
Classic film noir offers more than pesky private eyes and beautiful bad girls — it explores the quest for the not-so-attainable American dream. Desperate young lovers on the lam (They Live by Night), a cynical con man making a fortune as a mentalist (Nightmare Alley), a penniless pregnant girl mista...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Classic film noir offers more than pesky private eyes and beautiful bad girls — it explores the quest for the not-so-attainable American dream. Desperate young lovers on the lam (They Live by Night), a cynical con man making a fortune as a mentalist (Nightmare Alley), a penniless pregnant girl mistaken for a wealthy heiress (No Man of Her Own), a wounded veteran who has forgotten his own name (Somewhere in the Night) — this gallery of film noir characters challenges the stereotypes of the wise-cracking detective and the alluring femme fatale. Despite their differences, they all have something in common: a belief in self-reinvention. This book offers an examination of how film noir disputes this notion at the heart of the American Dream. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource ([ix], 324 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781421408323 1421408325 |