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

by Julie Grossman

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230233287
• ISBN13: 9780230233287
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.1" x 8.5"