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Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream
Mark Osteen
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Description for Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream
Paperback. This provocative and wide-ranging study revises and refreshes our understanding of noir's characters, themes, and cultural significance. Num Pages: 338 pages, 21, 21 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Desperate young lovers on the lam (They Live by Night), a cynical con man making a fortune as a mentalist (Nightmare Alley), a penniless pregnant girl mistaken for a wealthy heiress (No Man of Her Own), a wounded veteran who has forgotten his own name (Somewhere in the Night)-this gallery of film noir characters challenges the stereotypes of the wise-cracking detective and the alluring femme fatale. Despite their differences, they all have something in common: a belief in self-reinvention. Nightmare Alley is a thorough examination of how film noir disputes this notion at the heart of the American Dream. Central ... Read more
Desperate young lovers on the lam (They Live by Night), a cynical con man making a fortune as a mentalist (Nightmare Alley), a penniless pregnant girl mistaken for a wealthy heiress (No Man of Her Own), a wounded veteran who has forgotten his own name (Somewhere in the Night)-this gallery of film noir characters challenges the stereotypes of the wise-cracking detective and the alluring femme fatale. Despite their differences, they all have something in common: a belief in self-reinvention. Nightmare Alley is a thorough examination of how film noir disputes this notion at the heart of the American Dream. Central ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421413884
SKU
V9781421413884
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About Mark Osteen
Mark Osteen is a professor of English, chair of the English Department, and founder of the Film Studies Program at Loyola University Maryland. He is the author of several books, most recently the memoir One of Us: A Family's Life with Autism.
Reviews for Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream
Describes film noir as a genre that challenges the American mythology of upward mobility and self-reinvention. Chronicle of Higher Education Only a few of the many books on film noir are essential. This is one of them... A smart, clearly written book. Choice Osteen has given us a fresh, discerning, and nuanced perspective on a popular style of Hollywood films ... Read more