Nathan Ashman

James Ellroy and Voyeur Fiction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the voyeuristic dimensions of James Ellroy's fiction, one of the most significant yet underexplored areas of his work. Focusing exclusively on The L.A. Quartet and The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, it critically reflects upon a vivid preoccupation with eyes, visual culture, and visual technologies that permeates Ellroy's writings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781498565806
• ISBN-10: 1498565808
• Artikelnr.: 53210654

Autorenporträt

By Nathan Ashman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'Cam-Era': James Ellroy, Voyeurism and Contemporary Culture
Chapter 1: 'Cherchez la Femme': Voyeurism, Narrative Desire and the Female
Body in The Black Dahlia Chapter 2: 'They'll Believe Anything We Can Get on
the Screen': Cinematizing the City in The Big Nowhere and L.A. Confidential
Chapter 3: 'Feast Your Eyes': White Jazz, Voyeurism and the Crisis of
Ocularcentrism Chapter 4: 'Window Peeping History': Voyeurising the Past in
American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand Chapter 5: 'You Can't Peep and
Prowl Paper the Rest of Your Life': Blood's a Rover, Public Privacy and the
Voyeuristic Pleasures of the Archive Conclusion: Connecting THEN and NOW:
Perfidia, LAPD 53 and the Value of Ellroy's 'Voyeur Fiction'