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Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir: Ready for Her Close-Up PDF

189 Pages·2009·1.802 MB·English
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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.
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