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

by Helen Hanson

Book Overview

The endangered and dangerous female figures of "Rebecca", of "Jagged Edge" and "What Lies Beneath" have a deserved and endures fascination. Helen Hanson 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. Starting at the beginning, with the origin of these cycles and the ways in which they represented women in the American film industry and culture of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845115619
• ISBN13: 9781845115616
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"