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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke, UK ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230233287 (hardback) 0230233287 (hardback) |