Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir - Ready for Her Close-Up (Hardcover)

The 'femme fatale' figure in film noir has long served as a central defining feature of these rich and compelling films of the post-war American period. In Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir, Julie Grossman shows the extent to which the women often labelled as 'femmes fatales' are in fact sympathetic modern women, whose stories of strength, wit and privation command fascination. This study undertakes to erode the category of the 'femme fatale' in favour of careful close readings of film noir and a larger consideration of the drawbacks of labelling women as angels and 'femmes fatales', a perverse cultural inheritance from the Victorian era. Moreover, the book offers a case for reorienting attention in studies of film noir away from the narrow construction of the 'femme fatale' phantom and toward a more open receptivity to the vibrant women, the compelling female narrative, and the imagery sympathetic to both that, Grossman argues, are all commonly on offer in film noir.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	J. Grossman
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-23328-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	0-230-23328-7
Barcode:	9780230233287

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