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Dark borders : film noir and American citizenship /

Reads film noir as a cold war genre focused on cultural anxieties surrounding espionage, borders, and citizenship, as well as mounting government scrutiny of "un-American" activities

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Auerbach, Jonathan, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The un-Americaness of film noir
  • Gestapo in America: Confessions of a Nazi spy, and Stranger on the third floor
  • White-collar murder: Double indemnity
  • Cuba, gangsters, vets, and other outcasts of the islands: The chase, and Key Largo
  • North from Mexico: Border incident, Hold back the dawn, Secret beyond the door, and Out of the past
  • Bad boy patriots: This gun for hire, Ride the pink horse, and Pickup on South Street
  • Postscript: Darkness visible.