Dark Borders : Film Noir and American Citizenship /

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This title connects anxieties about citizenship and national belonging in mid-century America to the sense of alienation conveyed by American film noir. Auerbach provides interpretations of more than a dozen of these dark crime thrillers, considering them in relation to US national security measures...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Auerbach, Jonathan, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Film noir, USA.
Film noir > Förenta staterna.
Film noir.
Staatsangehörigkeit
Nationalcharakter
Politische Identität > Motiv
Ausländer > Motiv
Film noir
Motion pictures.
Performing Arts.
Cinema > États-Unis > Histoire.
Films noirs > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Motion pictures > United States > History.
Film noir > United States > History and criticism.
USA.
USA
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This title connects anxieties about citizenship and national belonging in mid-century America to the sense of alienation conveyed by American film noir. Auerbach provides interpretations of more than a dozen of these dark crime thrillers, considering them in relation to US national security measures.
Physical Description:1 online resource (279 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9780822394129

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