>Femme" Fatale in Brazilian Cinema [electronic resource] : Challenging Hollywood Norms /
Silva, Antônio Márcio da.author.
In film, the femme fatale has long been constructed as a beautiful heterosexual Caucasian woman. Da Silva shows the need to incorporate diverse ethnic groups and male homosexuals into the range of "femmes" fatales and examines how the Brazilian representations cross gender, race, and class and offer alternatives to the dominant Hollywood model.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Black Femme Fatale in Xica da Silva; 2 The Femme Fatale's "Troubled" Gender in Madame Satã*; 3 Social Class and the Virgin/Whore Dichotomy in Bonitinha mas ordinária; 4 The Fetish "Dirt" as "Social Pollution": The Married Femme Fatale in A dama do lotação; 5 The "Abject" Lesbian Fatale in As intimidades de Analu e Fernanda; 6 "Quoting" the Film-Noir Femme Fatale in A dama do Cine Shanghai; Conclusion; Notes; Filmography; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
In film, the femme fatale has long been constructed as a beautiful heterosexual Caucasian woman. Da Silva shows the need to incorporate diverse ethnic groups and male homosexuals into the range of "femmes" fatales and examines how the Brazilian representations cross gender, race, and class and offer alternatives to the dominant Hollywood model.
Motion pictures-United States.
Motion pictures, American.
Motion pictures-History.
Sociology.
Motion pictures and television.
Arts.
American Cinema and TV.
Latin American Cinema and TV.
Film History.
Gender Studies.
Screen Studies.
Arts.