The philosophy of TV noir /

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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Other Authors: Abrams, Jerold J. (Contributor), Sanders, Steven, 1945- (Editor), Skoble, Aeon J, Skoble, Aeon J. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2008
Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2008
Lexington, Ky. : c2008
Series:The philosophy of popular culture
Philosophy of popular culture
Subjects:
USA
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to the philosophy of TV noir / Steven M. Sanders
  • Dragnet, film noir, and postwar realism / R. Barton Palmer
  • Naked City: the relativist turn in TV noir / Robert E. Fitzgibbons
  • John Drake in Greeneland : noir themes in Secret Agent / Sander Lee
  • Action and integrity in The Fugitive / Aeon J. Skoble
  • Noir et blanc in color : existentialism and Miami Vice / Steven M. Sanders
  • 24 and the existential man of revolt / Jennifer L. McMahon
  • Carnivàle knowledge : give me that old-time noir religion / Eric Bronson
  • The Sopranos, film noir, and nihilism / Kevin L. Stoehr
  • CSI and the art of forensic detection / Deborah Knight, George McKnight
  • Detection and the logic of abduction in The X-Files / Jerold J. Abrams, Elizabeth Cooke
  • Kingdom of darkness : autonomy and conspiracy in The X-Files and Millennium / Michael Valdez Moses
  • The Prisoner and self-imprisonment / Shai Biderman, William J. Devlin
  • Twin Peaks, noir, and open interpretation / Jason Holt
  • An introduction to the philosophy of TV noir / Steven M. Sanders
  • Dragnet, film noir, and postwar realism / R. Barton Palmer
  • Naked City: the relativist turn in TV noir / Robert E. Fitzgibbons
  • John Drake in Greeneland : noir themes in Secret Agent / Sander Lee
  • Action and integrity in The Fugitive / Aeon J. Skoble
  • Noir et blanc in color : existentialism and Miami Vice / Steven M. Sanders
  • 24 and the existential man of revolt / Jennifer L. McMahon
  • Carnivàle knowledge : give me that old-time noir religion / Eric Bronson
  • The Sopranos, film noir, and nihilism / Kevin L. Stoehr
  • CSI and the art of forensic detection / Deborah Knight, George McKnight
  • Detection and the logic of abduction in The X-Files / Jerold J. Abrams, Elizabeth Cooke
  • Kingdom of darkness : autonomy and conspiracy in The X-Files and Millennium / Michael Valdez Moses
  • The Prisoner and self-imprisonment / Shai Biderman, William J. Devlin
  • Twin Peaks, noir, and open interpretation / Jason Holt