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THE ROMAN NOIR IN POST-WAR FRENCH CULTURE
DARK FICTIONS |
| By: |
Claire Gorrara |
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Hardback |
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£100.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199246092 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199246090 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 February, 2003 |
| Series: |
Oxford Studies in Modern European Culture |
| Pages: |
148 |
| Description: |
Thrilling, absorbing, and full of bizarre plots twists and motivations, the roman noir is crime fiction at its most exciting. In this lively introduction to the post-war French roman noir, Claire Gorrara challenges preconceptions about the roman noir as little more than a populist form of crime fiction and examines how selected writers have appropriated it as a critical response to formative concerns and debates in post-war French society. Analysing six texts(including one film noir) in their historical context, The Roman Noir in Post-War French Culture offers much more than close readings of these fascinating crime fiction texts; it demonstrates the important contribution of the roman noir to the cultural histories of post-war France. |
| Synopsis: |
The Roman Noir in Post-War French Culture offers a lively introduction to the post-war French roman noir from a cultural studies perspective. A populist and widely disseminated genre, the French roman noir has suffered from a reputation as a minor genre with its roots in American popular culture. In this study, Claire Gorrara challenges such preconceptions and examines how selected writers have appropriated the roman noir as a critical response to formative concerns and debates in post-war French society. Starting with the first truly French roman noir, Leo Malet's 120 rue de la gare (1943) and concluding with Maud Tabachnik's feminist thriller Un ete pourri (1994), Gorrara analyses both texts and film in relation to their specific historical and cultural context. From the heritage of the Second World War and France's wars of decolonisation to the rise of consumer culture and questions of gender and sexual equality, the roman noir operates in dialogue with its times, mediati |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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Non-returnable |
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