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Index
Cover
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
References
Part I: Topics and Themes
1 Nostalgia and Authenticity in Elmore Leonard's Conflicted Heroes
The Oklahoma Wildman and the Gunfighter: City Primeval
A Machete and a Bag of Photographs: Pagan Babies
Choices and Consequences
References
2 Elmore Leonard and the Romantic Comedy, or “Get Some Love into It”
References
3 The Sense of Place in Elmore Leonard's Crime Fiction
References
4 Visual Clues
Introduction
Dress and Demeanor as Communication
Perceptions and Descriptions
Cops and Cons in Out of Sight
From Book to Screen: Visual Clues of Casting
Conclusions
References
5 The Mozart of the Motor City
References
Part II: Five Case Studies
6 The Man with Five Names
What's in a Name?
Authoring the Hollywood West
Killing Hombre, Whitewashing John Russell
References
7 Pitching Cinematic Identification in Get Shorty
Michael Weir's Method
Karen Flores and the Producer's Eye
Chili Learns the Industry
Conclusion
References
8 “It's the way they're done”
Techne and Style
The Repertoire of Illusions
Fashion, Style, and Self‐Transformation
Timing
Coda
References
9 Moral Luck and Determinism in Rum Punch
One: Constitutive Luck
Two: Circumstantial Luck
Three: Causal Luck
Four: Resultant Luck
Conclusion
References
10 Disjointed Djibouti
References
Index
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