
Investigates the fears and desires about sexuality and racial identity that shape film noir. Among the elements that define the classic film noir-chiaroscuro lighting, voice-over narration, and such archetypal characters as the world-weary private...

Investigates the fears and desires about sexuality and racial identity that shape film noir. Among the elements that define the classic film noir-chiaroscuro lighting, voice-over narration, and such archetypal characters as the world-weary private eye and the femme fatale-perhaps...