Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir : Ready for Her Close-up, Paperback ...

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width: 5.5 in Item Width: 5.5 in Illustrator: Yes height: 0.4 in Item Weight: 16 Oz Item Height: 0.4 in Genre: Performing Arts, Social Science Topic: Television / History & Criticism, Gender Studies, Film / History & Criticism ISBN: 9781349313341 Number of Pages: Xi, 176 Pages Author: J. Grossman Publication Year: 2009 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan The Limited Book Title: Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir : Ready for Her Close-Up Format: Trade Paperback Item Length: 8.5 in Language: English

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Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir : Ready for Her Close-up, Paperback .... Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir : Ready for Her Close-up, Paperback by Grossman, J., ISBN 1349313343, ISBN-13 9781349313341, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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. Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir : Ready for Her Close-up, Paperback by Grossman, J., ISBN 1349313343, ISBN-13 9781349313341, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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.