Film noir fascination: Outside history, but historically so

Cinema Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-24

  Harris, Oliver ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36448961145     PISSN: 00097101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cj.2003.0024     Document Type: Review

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