American Gangster Cinema

Basic Information

Title

American Gangster Cinema

Subtitle

From Little Caesar to Pulp Fiction

Parallel Title

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Country

국외

Production Date

2002-**-**

Language

영어

Size (mm)

139 x 217

Pages

184쪽

ISBN/ISSN

0333684664

Edition

First edition

Master Files

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Producer

Fran Mason (저자), Palgrave Macmillan (발행처)

Description

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Contents

Contents

Preface = vii Acknowledgements = viii A Chronology of the Gangster Film = ix Introduction = xiii 1 Modernity and the Classic Gangster Film = 1 Silent and early sound contexts for the 'classic' cycle = 1 The 'classic' cycle in its critical context = 5 Little Caesar: an untypical 'classic' = 8 The gangster and modernity = 13 The Public Enemy: modernity, space, and masculinity = 16 The gangster and the gang = 22 Scarface: everything to excess = 24 Repressing modernity: the studios and the Hays Office = 28 2. The Post-Code Gangster: Ideology and Social Conscience = 31 The return of ideology: the G-Man and early post-moratorium variations = 32 The social gangster = 39 'He used to be a big shot': The Roaring Twenties, history, modernity, and the gangster = 47 3. The Death of the Big Shot: the Gangster in the 1940s = 51 Early variations of the 1940s = 53 High Sierra: re-visiting and renewing the genre = 54 Revisiting the family plot = 60 The post-war big shot = 63 4. Outside Society, Outside the Gang: the Alienated Noir Gangster = 72 Post-war transitions: film noir's cultural and cinematic context = 72 Film noir and its discourses = 74 Gangsters and film noir = 77 The emasculated male in early gangster noir = 79 From small gangs to big business = 87 Late gangster noir: the triumph of technology = 94 5. Order and Chaos, Syndicates and Heists = 97 Heists: rationalised gangs and fragmented individuals = 98 Syndicates and rogue cops: un-American visions = 105 6. Nostalgia and Renewal in the Post-Classical Gangster Film = 120 From retro to modern: gangsters in the 1960s = 122 The gangster film as epic: The Godfather trilogy = 129 Gangsters on the margins: the gangster-loser film and blaxploitation = 136 7. The Postmodern Spectacle of the Gangster = 141 The gangster film in the 1980s = 142 Postmodern inflections = 146 Postmodern gangsters: spectacle and simulation = 151 The 'gangsta' film: spectacle and urban realism = 154 Fantasies of escape: Carlito's Way and True Romance = 157 Pulp Fiction and after: postmodern gangsters or postmodern film = 160 Notes = 165 Bibliography = 170 Index = 176

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