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Nightmare alley film noir and the American dream

Title
Nightmare alley [electronic resource] : film noir and the American dream / Mark Osteen.
Author
Osteen, Mark.
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

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Description
1 online resource (viii, 324 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Nightmare alley (Online)
Alternative Title
Nightmare alley (Online)
Subject
  • Film noir > United States > History and criticism
  • Motion pictures > Social aspects > History > United States > 20th century
  • American Dream in art
  • National characteristics, American, in motion pictures
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: film noir and the American dream -- "Someone else's nightmare": exploring noir dreamscapes -- Missing persons: self-erasure and reinvention -- Vet noir: masculinity, memory and trauma -- Framed: forging noir identities -- Noir's cars: automobility and amoral space -- Nocturnes in black and blue: memory, morality and jazz melody -- Femmes vital: film noir and women's work -- Left-handed endeavor: crime, capitalism, and the Hollywood left -- Conclusion: American nightmares.
LCCN
2012017652
OCLC
ssj0000803670
Author
Osteen, Mark.
Title
Nightmare alley [electronic resource] : film noir and the American dream / Mark Osteen.
Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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