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.
| ISBN: | 9780230233287 |
| Publication date: | 21st October 2009 |
| Author: | Julie Grossman |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Cultural studies Gender studies, gender groups Social and cultural history Performing arts |