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Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir : Ready for Her Close-Up /

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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 cultur...

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Main Author: Grossman, Julie (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Cultural and Media Studies.
Cultural History.
Cultural Studies.
Film History.
Film and Television Studies.
Gender Studies.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Civilization > History.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures > History.
Popular culture > Study and teaching.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 176 pages)
ISBN:9780230274983
DOI:10.1057/9780230274983