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Reluctant sleuths, true detectives

Title
Reluctant sleuths, true detectives / Jason Jacobs.
Author
Jacobs, Jason
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, [2023]

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Description
xi, 251 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
"Explores the figure of the detective as a pursuer of knowledge in four noir films"--
Series Statement
SUNY series, horizons of cinema
Uniform Title
SUNY series, horizons of cinema.
Subject
  • Out of the past (Motion picture : 1947)
  • Notorious (Motion picture : 1946)
  • Vertigo (Motion picture : 1958)
  • Chinatown (Motion picture)
  • 1947-1958
  • Detective and mystery films > United States > History and criticism
  • Film noir > United States > History and criticism
  • Knowledge, Theory of, in motion pictures
  • Motion pictures > Philosophy
  • Detective and mystery films
  • Film noir
  • Motion pictures
  • United States
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Out of the past -- Notorious -- Vertigo -- Chinatown -- Conclusion: true detective.
Call Number
JX 23-705
ISBN
  • 9781438492230
  • 1438492235
  • 9781438492254 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022026160
OCLC
1338834021
Author
Jacobs, Jason, author.
Title
Reluctant sleuths, true detectives / Jason Jacobs.
Publisher
Albany : State University of New York Press, [2023]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
SUNY series, horizons of cinema
SUNY series, horizons of cinema.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1947-1958
Research Call Number
JX 23-705
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