Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir: Ready for Her Close-Up

by JulieGrossman (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $36.38

  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.

• New

  Illustrated
  2009

  $131.14

  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.