Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir [electronic resource] : Ready for Her Close-Up /
Grossman, J.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : "no one mourns the wicked" -- Film noir's "femmes fatales" : moving beyond gender fantasies -- "Well, aren't we ambitious? : desire, domesticity, and the "femme fatale" -- Psychological disorders and "wiretapping the unconscious" : film noir listens to women -- Looking back - Victorinoir: modern women and the fatal(e) progeny of Victorian representations -- Looking forward- deconstructing the "femme Fatale".
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.
Motion pictures—History.
Sociology.
Civilization—History.
Motion pictures and television.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Cultural studies.
Film History.
Gender Studies.
Cultural History.
Screen Studies.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Cultural Studies.