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
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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