Cultural Constructions of the Femme Fatale From Pandora's Box to Amanda Knox
Description
The figure of the beautiful but lethal woman has haunted the Western imagination from ancient myth to contemporary film. Looking at news media, cinema, drama and other cultural forms, this study considers the interaction between representations of 'real life' 'femmes fatales' and their fictional counterparts.
Keywords
Social ScienceRegional StudiesHistorySocial HistoryArtAnthropologyCultural & SocialMedia StudiesGender StudiesSociology
2014Book
Author(s)Stevie Simkin
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230355699
LanguageEnglish
