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The Philosophy of TV Noir.

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The influence of classic film noir on the style and substance of television in the 1950s and 1960s has persisted to the present day. Its pervasiveness suggests the vitality of the noir depiction of human experience and the importance of TV for transmitting the legacy of film noir and producing new f...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Sanders, Steven
Other Authors: Skoble, Aeon J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Philosophy of popular culture.
Subjects:
Detective and mystery television programs > United States > History and criticism.
Fantasy television programs > United States > History and criticism.
Film noir > United States > History and criticism.
Detective and mystery television programs.
Fantasy television programs.
Film noir.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:The influence of classic film noir on the style and substance of television in the 1950s and 1960s has persisted to the present day. Its pervasiveness suggests the vitality of the noir depiction of human experience and the importance of TV for transmitting the legacy of film noir and producing new forms of noir. Noir television is also noteworthy for its capacity to raise philosophical questions about the nature of the human condition. Drawing from the fields of philosophy, media studies, and literature, the contributors to The Philosophy of TV Noir illuminate the best of noir television, inc.
Item Description:Coda: A Noir World Order.
Physical Description:1 online resource (284 pages)
ISBN:9780813156781
0813156785
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Source of description: Print version record.

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