Class, Crime and International Film Noir: Globalizing America's Dark Art

By Dennis Broe

Book Overview

Class, Crime and International Film Noir argues that, in its postwar, classical phase, this dark variant of the crime film was not just an American phenomenon. Rather, these seedy tales with their doomed heroes and heroines were popular all over the world including France, Britain, Italy and Japan.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137290137
• ISBN13: 9781137290137
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"