The Femme Fatale: Images, Histories, Contexts
Description
These essays trace the femme fatale across literature, visual culture and cinema, exploring the ways in which fatal femininity has been imagined in different cultural contexts and historical epochs, and moving from mythical women such as Eve, Medusa and the Sirens via historical figures such as Mata Hari to fatal women in contemporary cinema.
Keywords
Performing ArtsFilmTelevisionArtCriticism & TheoryHistorySocial ScienceAnthropologyCultural & SocialSocial HistoryGender StudiesMedia StudiesPhotographyTechniquesCinematography & Videography
2010Book
Author(s)Catherine O'Rawe, Helen Hanson
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230203617
LanguageEnglish
