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: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, UK ; New York Palgrave Macmillan 2009
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Online Access:DE-Y3
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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
Physical Description:xi, 176 p. ill

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