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Welcome to fear city : crime film, crisis, and the urban imagination

Title
  1. Welcome to fear city : crime film, crisis, and the urban imagination / Nathan Holmes.
Published by
  1. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]
Author
  1. Holmes, Nathan, 1977-

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Description
  1. x, 232 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. The SUNY series, horizons of cinema
Uniform title
  1. SUNY series, horizons of cinema.
Subject
  1. Crime films
  2. United States > Social life and customs > 20th century
  3. Motion pictures
  4. 1900-1999
  5. Cities and towns in motion pictures
  6. City and town life in motion pictures
  7. Criticism, interpretation, etc
  8. United States > In motion pictures
  9. Crime films > United States > History and criticism
  10. Manners and customs
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. Introduction: Crime film and the messy city -- Parking garage, apartment, disco, skyscraper: Alan J. Pakula's banal modernity -- Everyone here is a cop: urban spectatorship in the super cop cycle -- Detroit 9000 and Hollywood's Midwest -- Bystander effects: Death wish and the Taking of Pelham one two three -- Conclusion: The lure of the city.
Call number
  1. MFL 18-6717
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.
Author
  1. Holmes, Nathan, 1977- author.
Title
  1. Welcome to fear city : crime film, crisis, and the urban imagination / Nathan Holmes.
Publisher
  1. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. The SUNY series, horizons of cinema
  2. SUNY series, horizons of cinema.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1900-1999
LCCN
  1. 2017050738
ISBN
  1. 9781438471211 hardcover ; alkaline paper
  2. 1438471211 hardcover ; alkaline paper
Research call number
  1. MFL 18-6717
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