{"product_id":"film-noir-and-los-angeles-sean-w-maher-9781138304567","title":"Film Noir and Los Angeles: Urban History and the Dark Imaginary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book combines film studies with urban theory in a spatial exploration of twentieth century Los Angeles. Configured through the dark lens of noir, the author examines an alternate urban history of Los Angeles forged by the fictional modes of detective fiction, film noir and neo noir. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDark portrayals of the city are analyzed in Raymond Chandler's crime fiction through to key films like \u003ci\u003eDouble Indemnity \u003c\/i\u003e(1944) and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Violence \u003c\/i\u003e(1997). By employing these fictional elements as the basis for historicising the city's unrivalled urban form, the analysis demonstrates an innovative approach to urban historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevealing some of the earliest tendencies of postmodern expression in Hollywood cinema, this book will be of great relevance to students and researchers working in the fields of film, literature, cultural and urban studies. It will also be of interest to scholars researching histories of Los Angeles and the American noir imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean W. Maher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138304565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138304567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.70w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022","brand":"Sean W. Maher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44311421911295,"sku":"9781138304567","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eff32439-89a7-415e-8149-020cd2f189a3.jpg?v=1695722713","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/film-noir-and-los-angeles-sean-w-maher-9781138304567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}