Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir
Ready for Her Close-Up| By: | J. Grossman |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9780230233287 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780230274983 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2009 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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.