Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir
Author: J. Grossman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009-10-21
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 0230274986
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.