Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir: Ready for Her Close-Up (2009)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2009
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780230274983
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780230233287
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 12/09/20
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- No
- Categories:
- History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Sociology
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