Hard-boiled Modernity and the Cultures of Globalization
by
Jennifer Fay, Justus Nieland
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
The term "film noir" still conjures images of a uniquely American malaise: hard-boiled detectives, fatal women, and the shadowy hells of urban life. But from its beginnings, film noir has been an international phenomenon, and its stylistic icons have migrated across the complex geo-political...