L.a. Private Eyes

Informationen zum Autor DAHLIA SCHWEITZER is a professor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. She is also the author of Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World (Rutgers University Press). Klappentext Examines the tradition of the private eye as it evolves in films, books, and television shows set in Los Angeles from the 1930s to the present. The book takes a closer look at narratives in which detectives travel the streets of LA, uncovering corruption, moral ambiguity, and greed, while always ultimately finding truth and redemption. Zusammenfassung Examines the tradition of the private eye as it evolves in films, books, and television shows set in Los Angeles from the 1930s to the present. The book takes a closer look at narratives in which detectives travel the streets of LA, uncovering corruption, moral ambiguity, and greed, while always ultimately finding truth and redemption. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Introduction 1 Los Angeles 2 The Detective Story 3 The Detective 4 The Black Detective 5 The Lady Dick 6 The Girl Sleuth Acknowledgments Further Reading Works Cited Index

Product details

• Authors: Dahlia Schweitzer
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2019
• EAN: 9780813596372
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-9637-2
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous