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

Author/creator Grossman, Julie, 1962-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBasingstoke, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
Descriptionxi, 176 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Contents Introduction : "no one mourns the wicked" -- Film noir's "femmes fatales" : moving beyond gender fantasies -- "Well, aren't we ambitious? : desire, domesticity, and the "femme fatale" -- Psychological disorders and "wiretapping the unconscious" : film noir listens to women -- Looking back - Victorinoir: modern women and the fatal(e) progeny of Victorian representations -- Looking forward- deconstructing the "femme Fatale".
Abstract "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009041357
ISBN9780230233287 (hc)
ISBN0230233287