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Dark Borders : Film Noir and American Citizenship /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Auerbach, Jonathan, 1954-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.