{"product_id":"nightmare-alley-9781421413884","title":"Nightmare Alley","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis provocative and wide-ranging study revises and refreshes our understanding of noir's characters, themes, and cultural significance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribes 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 during the period 1940-1960 and has proved a reliable guide down the sinuous twistings of 'Nightmare Alley.' -- Louis J. Kern Key Reporter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Film Noir and the American Dream\u003cbr\u003e1. \"Someone Else's Nightmare\": Exploring Noir Dreamscapes\u003cbr\u003e2. Missing Persons: Self-Erasure and Reinvention\u003cbr\u003e3. Vet Noir: Masculinity, Memory, and Trauma\u003cbr\u003e4. Framed: Forging Noir Identities\u003cbr\u003e5. Noir's Cars: Automobility and Amoral Space\u003cbr\u003e6. Nocturnes in Black and Blue: Memory, Morality,and Jazz Melody\u003cbr\u003e7. Femmes Vital: Film Noir and Women's Work\u003cbr\u003e8. Left-Handed Endeavor: Crime, Capitalism, and the Hollywood Left\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: American Nightmares\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eFilmography\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769487196503,"sku":"9781421413884","price":29.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nightmare-alley-9781421413884","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}