The sex goddess in American film, 1930-1965
Subtitle: Jean Harlow, Mae West, Lana Turner, and Jayne Mansfield
By: Jessica Hope Jordan.
Publisher: Cambria Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604976632
Subjects: Femmes fatales in motion pictures; Sex in motion pictures; Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States; Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sex as cinematic capital : Jean Harlow and the economy of the gold digger; title: Sex as cinematic "queening" : Mae West decamps; title: Sex as cinematic code : Lana Turner and the duplicity of the femme fatale; title: Sex as cinematic eroticism : Jayne Mansfield's breasts.