Sue Short: Darkness Calls
Darkness Calls
Buch
- A Critical Investigation of Neo-Noir
- Springer International Publishing, 10/2020
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9783030138097
- Bestellnummer: 10329920
- Umfang: 272 Seiten
- Nummer der Auflage: 20001
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2019
- Gewicht: 356 g
- Maße: 220 x 148 mm
- Stärke: 14 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 2.10.2020
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
This book examines the contrasting forms neo-noir has taken on screen, asking what prompts our continued interest in tales of criminality and moral uncertainty. Neo-noir plots are both familiar and diverse, found in a host of media formats today, and now span the globe. Yet despite its apparent prevalence and increased academic attention many core questions remain unanswered. What has propelled noir s appeal, half a century on after its supposed decline? What has led film-makers and series-creators to rework given tropes? What debates continue to divide critics? And why are we, as viewers, so drawn to stories that often show us at our worst? Referencing a range of films and series, citing critical work in the field while also challenging many of the assumptions made this book sets out to advance our understanding of a subject that has fascinated audiences and academics alike. Theories relating to gender identity and neo-noir s tricky generic status are discussed, together with an evaluation of differing comic inflections and socio-political concerns, concluding that, although neo-noir is capable of being both progressive and reactionary, it also mobilises potentially radical questions about who we are and what we might be capable of.![Sue Short: Darkness Calls, Buch](https://lesen.de/image/w468/front/0/9783030138097.jpg)
Sue Short
Darkness Calls
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