Reluctant Sleuths, True Detectives

Explores the figure of the detective as a pursuer of knowledge in four noir films.

About the author

Jason Jacobs is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Queensland in Australia. His previous books include David Milch and Deadwood.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Jacobs, Jacobs Jason
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781438492230
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9223-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Suny Series, Horizons of Cinem; SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Crime, Films, cinema, Film, TV & radio, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film: styles & genres, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film Theory & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, Film history, theory or criticism