The femme fatale: images, histories, contexts

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...

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Other Authors: Hanson, Helen (Editor), O'Rawe, Catherine (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2010
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 Online Ressource (XIV, 236 Seiten)
ISBN:9780230282018