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. INDICE: Acknowledgements - List of Illustrations - Introduction: 'No One Mourns the Wicked' - PART I: FILM NOIR'S 'FEMME 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 - PART II: LOOKING BACK - VICTORINOIR: MODERN WOMEN AND THE FATAL(E) PROGENY OF VICTORIAN REPRESENTATIONS - Looking Forward - Deconstructing the 'Femme Fatale' - Notes - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-23328-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 21/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés