Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: DAMES AND DRIVING -- PART 1: CONTENTS AND CONTEXTS -- CHAPTER 1: MANNING THE POSTS: CLASSIC NOIR, POSTCLASSIC NOIR, AND POSTMODERNISM -- CHAPTER 2: SEXING THE PARADIGM: WOMEN AND MEN IN NOIR --...
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: DAMES AND DRIVING -- PART 1: CONTENTS AND CONTEXTS -- CHAPTER 1: MANNING THE POSTS: CLASSIC NOIR, POSTCLASSIC NOIR, AND POSTMODERNISM -- CHAPTER 2: SEXING THE PARADIGM: WOMEN AND MEN IN NOIR -- CHAPTER 3: RACING THE PARADIGM: THE WHITENESS OF FILM NOIR -- PART 2: PROTOTYPES IN CLASSIC NOIR -- CHAPTER 4: THE KILLERS (1946): QUINTESSENTIAL NOIR? -- CHAPTER 5: OUT OF THE PAST (1947): PASSIVE MASCULINITY AND ACTIVE FEMININITIES -- CHAPTER 6: KISS ME DEADLY (1955): APOCALYPTIC FEMMES -- PART 3: RETURN OF THE REPRESSED IN RETRO-NOIR -- CHAPTER 7: L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997) AND CASABLANCA (1942): DOES ANYTHING CHANGE AS TIME GOES BY? -- CHAPTER 8: MULHOLLAND FALLS (1996): NUCLEAR NOIR AS NUMBSKULL NOIR -- CHAPTER 9: FIGHT CLUB (1999): RETRO-NOIR MASQUERADES AS NEO-NOIR -- PART 4: REVISION OF THE REPRESSED IN NEO-NOIR -- CHAPTER 10: TWILIGHT (1998): AGE, BEAUTY, AND STAR POWER-SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST -- CHAPTER 11: FARGO (1996): A WOMAN WHO IS NOT HERSELF MEAN-SNOW-SWEPT HIGHWAYS AND MARGIE -- CHAPTER 12: JACKIE BROWN (1997): GENDER, RACE, CLASS, AND GENRE -- CONCLUSION: DOING IT FOR bell: CULTURAL CRITICISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX.
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""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: DAMES AND DRIVING""; ""PART 1: CONTENTS AND CONTEXTS""; ""CHAPTER 1: MANNING THE POSTS: CLASSIC NOIR, POSTCLASSIC NOIR, AND POSTMODERNISM""; ""CHAPTER 2: SEXING THE PARADIGM: WOMEN AND MEN IN NOIR""; ""CHAPTER 3: RACING THE PARADIGM: THE WHITENESS OF FILM NOIR""; ""PART 2: PROTOTYPES IN CLASSIC NOIR""; ""CHAPTER 4: THE KILLERS (1946): QUINTESSENTIAL NOIR?""; ""CHAPTER 5: OUT OF THE PAST (1947): PASSIVE MASCULINITY AND ACTIVE FEMININITIES""; ""CHAPTER 6: KISS ME DEADLY (1955): APOCALYPTIC FEMMES""
""PART 3: RETURN OF THE REPRESSED IN RETRO-NOIR""""CHAPTER 7: L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997) AND CASABLANCA (1942): DOES ANYTHING CHANGE AS TIME GOES BY?""; ""CHAPTER 8: MULHOLLAND FALLS (1996): NUCLEAR NOIR AS NUMBSKULL NOIR""; ""CHAPTER 9: FIGHT CLUB (1999): RETRO-NOIR MASQUERADES AS NEO-NOIR""; ""PART 4: REVISION OF THE REPRESSED IN NEO-NOIR""; ""CHAPTER 10: TWILIGHT (1998): AGE, BEAUTY, AND STAR POWER-SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST""; ""CHAPTER 11: FARGO (1996): A WOMAN WHO IS NOT HERSELF MEAN-SNOW-SWEPT HIGHWAYS AND MARGIE""; ""CHAPTER 12: JACKIE BROWN (1997): GENDER, RACE, CLASS, AND GENRE""
""CONCLUSION: DOING IT FOR bell: CULTURAL CRITICISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE""""NOTES""; ""WORKS CITED""; ""INDEX""
