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1 online resource (xx, 522 pages) : illustrations "An authoritative companion that offers a wide-ranging thematic survey of this enduringly popular cultural form and includes scholarship from both established and emerging scholars as well as analysis of film noir's influence on other media including television and graphic novels. Covers a wealth of new approaches to film noir and neo-noir that explore issues ranging from conceptualization to cross-media influences Features chapters exploring the wider 'noir mediascape' of television, graphic novels and radio Reflects the historical and geographical reach of film noir, from the 1920s to the present and in a variety of national cinemas Includes contributions from both established and emerging scholars "-- "Film noir fascinates cineastes like no other genre. This authoritative companion features the work of a highly distinguished group of international scholars, adopting a thematic approach that examines key topics rather than focusing on individual titles or auteurs. It reflects the expanding purview of analysts by including novel subjects such as neo-noir, international noir movies, and 'noir' as expressed in other forms such as comics, graphic novels, posters, radio and television. Informed by cutting-edge scholarship, this collection extends and deepens the developing understanding of this enduringly captivating mode of cultural expression"-- pt. 1. Conceptualizing film noir -- pt. 2. Hidden, hybrid, and transmedia histories and influences -- pt. 3. Social, industrial, and commercial contexts -- pt. 4. The fabric of film noir : style and performance -- pt. 5. Identities and film noir -- pt. 6. Noir in other forms -- pt. 7. New geographies of film noir. edited by Andrew Spicer and Helen Hanson. Includes bibliographical references and index. Film noir History and criticism PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video History & Criticism ART Film & Video PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference Film noir Detective and mystery stories History and criticism Film noir History and criticism Motion pictures World War, 1939-1945 Motion pictures and the war PN1995.9.F54 C725 2013eb 791.43/655 PER004030 Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2013 (DLC) 2013006413 (OCoLC)832261470 9781118523759 111852375X 9781118523728 1118523725 9781118523742 1118523741 1299712541 9781299712546 502505 MIL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118523728 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118523728 N$T 130708 20171106100317.0 ocn852158276 eng