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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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. GrossmanPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.370kg ISBN: 9780230233287ISBN 10: 0230233287 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 21 October 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews2010 Outstanding Academic Title, CHOICE 'This is a compelling, informed, well-researched, and deeply original book.' - G. A. Foster, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Choice 'Rethinking the Femme Fatale poses important questions for feminist work on noir, underlining how the style also remains a contested and rewarding critical terrain.' - Yvonne Tasker, Journal of Gender Studies 'This is a compelling, informed, well-researched, and deeply original book.' - G. A. Foster, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Choice 'Rethinking the Femme Fatale poses important questions for feminist work on noir, underlining how the style also remains a contested and rewarding critical terrain.' - Yvonne Tasker, Journal of Gender Studies 2010 Outstanding Academic Title, CHOICE 'This is a compelling, informed, well-researched, and deeply original book.' - G. A. Foster, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Choice 'Rethinking the Femme Fatale poses important questions for feminist work on noir, underlining how the style also remains a contested and rewarding critical terrain.' - Yvonne Tasker, Journal of Gender Studies 2010 Outstanding Academic Title, CHOICE 'This is a compelling, informed, well-researched, and deeply original book.' - G. A. Foster, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Choice 'Rethinking the Femme Fatale poses important questions for feminist work on noir, underlining how the style also remains a contested and rewarding critical terrain.' - Yvonne Tasker, Journal of Gender Studies 2010 Outstanding Academic Title, CHOICE 'This is a compelling, informed, well-researched, and deeply original book.' - G. A. Foster, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Choice 'Rethinking the Femme Fatale poses important questions for feminist work on noir, underlining how the style also remains a contested and rewarding critical terrain.' - Yvonne Tasker, Journal of Gender Studies Author InformationJULIE GROSSMAN is Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of English, Communication and Film Studies at Le Moyne College, New York, USA. She is co-editor of A Due Voci: The Photography of Rita Hammond and has published articles on film noir, Francis Ford Coppola, Todd Haynes, Oscar Wilde and Karen Finley, and Thomas Hardy and Henry James. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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