Post-Western, Neo-Noir Los Angeles: Rampart and the Legacy of the American Settlement Narrative
Book Chapter
Cicchetti, P. M. (2017)
Post-Western, Neo-Noir Los Angeles: Rampart and the Legacy of the American Settlement Narrative. In J. Ward, & C. Miller (Eds.), Urban noir : New York and Los Angeles in shadow and light (53-70). Lanham, US: Rowman & Littlefield
Set in the late 1990s, against the backdrop of the Rampart scandal that impacted the LAPD, Oren Moverman's Rampart centres on a rogue, corrupt cop, Dave Brown, whose unwilling...
From Trauma Theory to Systemic Violence: Narratives of Post-Katrina New Orleans
Book Chapter
Keeble, A. (2021)
From Trauma Theory to Systemic Violence: Narratives of Post-Katrina New Orleans. In K. R. McNamara (Ed.), The City in American Literature and Culture (276-292). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
This chapter begins with a discussion of some of the contemporary critiques that have been aimed at trauma theory, focussing specifically on the way writing by Lauren Berlant ...
Introduction: The Literary History of Chicago
Book Chapter
Køhlert, F. B. (2021)
Introduction: The Literary History of Chicago. In Chicago: A Literary History (1-14). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108763738.001
This chapter outlines the literary history of Chicago from the city’s inception to the present day. Guided by the idea of Chicago as the crossroads of modern America, the chap...
Post-Western, Neo-Noir Los Angeles: Rampart and the Legacy of the American Settlement Narrative
Book Chapter
Cicchetti, P. M. (2017)
Post-Western, Neo-Noir Los Angeles: Rampart and the Legacy of the American Settlement Narrative. In J. Ward, & C. Miller (Eds.), Urban noir : New York and Los Angeles in shadow and light (53-70). Lanham, US: Rowman & Littlefield
Set in the late 1990s, against the backdrop of the Rampart scandal that impacted the LAPD, Oren Moverman's Rampart centres on a rogue, corrupt cop, Dave Brown, whose unwilling...