{"product_id":"dames-in-the-drivers-seat-rereading-film-noir-paperback","title":"Dames in the Driver's Seat: Rereading Film Noir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJans B. Wager\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its focus on dangerous, determined femmes fatales, hardboiled detectives, and crimes that almost-but-never-quite succeed, film noir has long been popular with moviegoers and film critics alike. Film noir was a staple of classical Hollywood filmmaking during the years 1941-1958 and has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity since the 1990s. \u003ci\u003eDames in the Driver's Seat\u003c\/i\u003e offers new views of both classical-era and contemporary noirs through the lenses of gender, class, and race. Jans Wager analyzes how changes in film noir's representation of women's and men's roles, class status, and racial identities mirror changes in a culture that is now often referred to as postmodern and postfeminist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing introductory chapters that establish the theoretical basis of her arguments, Wager engages in close readings of the classic noirs \u003ci\u003eThe Killers, Out of the Past, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKiss Me Deadly\u003c\/i\u003e and the contemporary noirs \u003ci\u003eL. A. Confidential, Mulholland Falls, Fight Club, Twilight, Fargo\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJackie Brown.\u003c\/i\u003e Wager divides recent films into retro-noirs (made in the present, but set in the 1940s and 1950s) and neo-noirs (made and set in the present but referring to classic noir narratively or stylistically). Going beyond previous studies of noir, her perceptive readings of these films reveal that retro-noirs fulfill a reactionary social function, looking back nostalgically to outdated gender roles and racial relations, while neo-noirs often offer more revisionary representations of women, though not necessarily of people of color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jans B. Wager is Associate Professor of English and Literature at Utah Valley State College in Orem, Utah. This book continues the investigation of film noir she began in \u003ci\u003eDangerous Dames: Women and Representation in the Weimar Street Film and Film Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.02 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755021173024,"sku":"9780292709669","price":35.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5fdbef9811ba0892e9df7f46e9851ba8.webp?v=1780048483","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dames-in-the-drivers-seat-rereading-film-noir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}