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Cochran, David, 1961-
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| Publication |
Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, [2000]
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| Copyright date |
©2000 |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 280 pages) |
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eBOOK |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: Mapping the underground culture -- Introduction: Within the shell of the old: the creation of the Cold War consensus and the emergence of the underground culture -- Part One. The killer inside me: roman noir authors. Slipping deeper into hell: Jim Thompson's theology of absurdity -- "It's always for nothing": the paperback worldview of Charles Willeford -- Part Two. Progress and its discontents: Science fiction and fantasy authors. "I'm being ironic": imperialism, mass culture, and the fantastic world of Ray Bradbury -- The devil and Charles Beaumont -- Part Three. Outside looking in: Minority artists. "So much nonsense must make sense": the black vision of Chester Himes -- "Some torture that perversely eased": Patricia Highsmith and the everyday schizophrenia of American life -- Part Four. Little shop of horrors: Independent filmmakers. "Lots of socko": the independent cinematic vision of Samuel Fuller -- Roger Corman's low-budget modernism -- Part Five. Cracks in the consensus: Liberal artists. Richard Condon and the paranoid surreal style in American politics -- Another dimension: Rod Serling, consensus liberalism, and The Twilight Zone -- Conclusion: the emancipation of dissonance. |
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| Summary |
"In America Noir David Cochran details how ten writers and filmmakers probed the Cold War's cultural contradictions and indirectly challenged its social pieties: the superiority of American democracy, the benevolence of free enterprise, and the sanctity of the suburban family." "Cochran argues that these artists pioneered a detached, ironic sensibility in fictions that radically juxtaposed cultural references and blurred the distinctions between "high" and "low" art. Their works would play a crucial role in the emergence of not only a 1960s counterculture but also the postmodernism of a later era."--Jacket. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Film noir -- United States -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American fiction. (OCoLC)fst00807048
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Detective and mystery stories, American. (OCoLC)fst00891483
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Fantasy fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst00920725
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Film noir. (OCoLC)fst00924273
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Literature and society. (OCoLC)fst01000096
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Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01027285
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Popular literature. (OCoLC)fst01071405
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
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Undergroundfilms.
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Romans.
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Scenario's.
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books. |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Addl. Author |
OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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| Related To |
Print version: Cochran, David, 1961- America noir. Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©2000 1560988134 (DLC) 99044320 (OCoLC)42289708 |
| ISBN |
1560989351 (electronic bk.) |
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9781560989356 (electronic bk.) |
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9781588345509 (electronic bk.) |
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1588345505 (electronic bk.) |
