EAN: 9783030138066

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This book examines the contrasting forms neo-noir has taken on screen asking what prompts our continued interest in tales of criminality and moral uncertainty. Neo-noir plots are both familiar and diverse found in a host of media formats today and now span the globe. Yet despite its apparent prevalence-and increased academic attention-many core questions remain unanswered. What has propelled noir's appeal half a century on after its supposed decline? What has led film-makers and series-creators to rework given tropes? What debates continue to divide critics? And why are we as viewers so drawn to stories that often show us at our worst? Referencing a range of films and series citing critical work in the field-while also challenging many of the assumptions made-this book sets out to advance our understanding of a subject that has fascinated audiences and academics alike. Theories relating to gender identity and neo-noir's tricky generic status are discussed together with an evaluation of differing comic inflections and socio-political concerns concluding that although neo-noir is capable of being both progressive and reactionary it also mobilises potentially radical questions about who we are and what we might be capable of.

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