Hollywood Heroines: Women in Film Noir and the Female Gothic Film

by HelenHanson (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $31.23

  The endangered and dangerous female figures of Rebecca , of Jagged Edge and What Lies Beneath have a deserved and endures fascination. This work re-examines these gothic heroines of Hollywood and their meanings, in two of Hollywood's key generic cycles, film noir and the female gothic film. It also traces their revival in neo-gothic films.