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

Rethinking the femme fatale in film noir : ready for her close-up / Julie Grossman.

"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-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Femmes fatales in motion pictures.
Film noir > History and criticism.
Cultural studies.
Film theory & criticism.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Society.
Femmes fatales in motion pictures
Film noir
Femme fatale
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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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:1 online resource (xi, 176 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-167) and index.
ISBN:9780230274983
0230274986
9781282673991
1282673998
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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