Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir

Autor*innen

• Grossman M.

Parameter

• 187 Seiten
• 7 Lesestunden

• Feminismus

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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.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Einband: Paperback