Osteen, Mark. <br/><br/>
Nightmare alley  film noir and the American dream /  [electronic resource] : 
Mark Osteen. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2013. 
 - viii, 324 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. Filmography: p. [293]-296. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: film noir and the American dream -- "Someone else's nightmare": exploring noir dreamscapes -- Missing persons: self-erasure and reinvention -- Vet noir: masculinity, memory and trauma -- Framed: forging noir identities -- Noir's cars: automobility and amoral space -- Nocturnes in black and blue: memory, morality and jazz melody -- Femmes vital: film noir and women's work -- Left-handed endeavor: crime, capitalism, and the Hollywood left -- Conclusion: American nightmares. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Film noir--History and criticism.--United States<br/>Motion pictures--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.<br/>American Dream in art.<br/>National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1995.9.F54  / O88 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/6556