Women in Film Noir

by E. Ann Kaplan

Book Overview

The first edition of 'Women in Film Noir' (1978) assembled a group of scholars and critics committed to understanding the cinema in terms of gender, sexuality, politics, psychoanalysis and semiotics. This edition is expanded to include further essays which reflect the renewed interest in Film Noir. Exploring 'neo-noir', postmodernism and other contemporary trends, new essays offer readings of, among others, 'Bound' and 'Basic Instinct', broadening...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851706665
• ISBN13: 9780851706665
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"