A companion to film noir /

• Other Authors: Spicer, Andrew, 1953- (Editor), Hanson, Helen (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2013.
• Subjects: 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.; Motion pictures.; World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war.; Electronic books.; Criticism, interpretation, etc.

"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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.