Class, Crime, and Film Noir: Labor, the Fugitive Outsider, and the Anti-Authoritarian Tradition

Part of a special issue on race, security, and social activism in the U.S. The role of the film noir genre in validating ordinary citizens who got on the wrong side of the law is explored. The success of the genre's films in gaining sympathy for their characters, the sympathetic fugitives who w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Broe, Dennis (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2003
In: Social justice
Year: 2003, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-41
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Crime in motion pictures
Film noir
Marxist criticism
Motion pictures > Social aspects
Mystery films
Police in motion pictures
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Summary:Part of a special issue on race, security, and social activism in the U.S. The role of the film noir genre in validating ordinary citizens who got on the wrong side of the law is explored. The success of the genre's films in gaining sympathy for their characters, the sympathetic fugitives who were protagonists against social and corporate authority, is discussed.