Rethinking the femme fatale in film noir: ready for her close-up

"In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the 'femme fatale' figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized and has helped to sustain...

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Main Author: Grossman, Julie 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2009
Edition:1. publ.
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the 'femme fatale' figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized and has helped to sustain cultural obsessions with 'bad' women"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : "no one mourns the wicked" -- Film noir's "femmes fatales" : moving beyond gender fantasies -- "Well, aren't we ambitious? : desire, domesticity, and the "femme fatale" -- Psychological disorders and "wiretapping the unconscious" : film noir listens to women -- Looking back - Victorinoir: modern women and the fatal(e) progeny of Victorian representations -- Looking forward- deconstructing the "femme Fatale"
Physical Description:XI, 176 S. Ill. 23 cm

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