Katrina Younes

The Ecology of American Noir (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume investigates the relationship between the conventions of noir fiction and film and its sub-types in relation to environmental crises.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040328927
• Artikelnr.: 73302148

Autorenporträt

Katrina Younes is an Assistant Professor (Limited Duties) at Western University's Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to The Ecology of American Noir
0.1 What is The Ecology of American Noir?
0.2 Defining American Noir
0.3 Defining Eco-Noir
0.4 Detailed Overview of the Chapters
Chapter 1: The Hardboiled Eco-Awareness of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond
Chandler
1.1 Introduction: The Fragmented Ecologies of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond
Chandler
1.2 Hammett and Chandler's Fragmented Scales
1.3 Red Harvest (1929)
1.4 From Personville to Poisonville
1.5 The Big Sleep (1939)
1.6 Conclusion
Chapter 2: Exploitation and Extraction in Chinatown and The Two Jakes
2.1 From Noir to Neo-Noir
2.2 Chinatown and The Two Jakes
2.3 Resource Extraction in the Films
2.4 Neo-Noir Perception
2.5 Incest
2.6 Race
2.7 Looking Ahead: What The Two Jakes Tells us About The Future
2.8 Conclusion
Chapter 3: Rhizomatic Eco-Noir Visions of New York 2140 and Hummingbird
Salamander
3.1"What is Happening?" and "What Happened?"
3.2 Methodology
3.3 The New Nordic Noir
3.4 New York 2140
3.5 The Collective PI and the Rhizomatic Map of New York City
3.6 Regenerating Crime and Violence
3.7 The Scene of the Seen Victim
3.8 Hummingbird Salamander: The Rhizome and the "Weird"
3.9 The Hardboiled and Weird Female Green PI
3.10 The Eco-Crime Scene and Olfactory Sensations
3.11 Conclusion
Chapter 4: Afterword
4.1 Introduction: Eco-Noir Han
4.2 Introduction to The Silent Sea and Eco-Noir Han
4.3 Collective Detectiveships, Lunar Water, and Luna
4.4 Conclusion