Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir: Ready for Her Close-Up by J. Grossman

Description: Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir by J. Grossman 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Notes The book argues that the presence of the femme fatale figure in film noir, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized Author Biography JULIE GROSSMAN is Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of English, Communication and Film Studies at Le Moyne College, New York, USA. She is co-editor of A Due Voci: The Photography of Rita Hammond and has published articles on film noir, Francis Ford Coppola, Todd Haynes, Oscar Wilde and Karen Finley, and Thomas Hardy and Henry James. Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction: No One Mourns the Wicked PART I: FILM NOIRS FEMME FATALES: MOVING BEYOND GENDER FANTASIES Well, arent we Ambitious: Desire, Domesticity, and the Femme Fatale Psychological Disorders and Wiretapping the Unconscious: Film Noir Listens to Women PART II: LOOKING BACK - VICTORINOIR: MODERN WOMEN AND THE FATAL(E) PROGENY OF VICTORIAN REPRESENTATIONS Looking Forward - Deconstructing the Femme Fatale Notes Bibliography Index Review 2010 Outstanding Academic Title, CHOICEThis is a compelling, informed, well-researched, and deeply original book.- G. A. Foster, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ChoiceRethinking the Femme Fatale poses important questions for feminist work on noir, underlining how the style also remains a contested and rewarding critical terrain.- Yvonne Tasker, Journal of Gender Studies Long Description The femme fatale figure in film noir has long served as a central defining feature of these rich and compelling films of the post-war American period. In Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir , Julie Grossman shows the extent to which the women often labelled as femmes fatales are in fact sympathetic modern women, whose stories of strength, wit and privation command fascination. This study undertakes to erode the category of the femme fatale in favour of careful close readings of film noir and a larger consideration of the drawbacks of labelling women as angels and femmes fatales, a perverse cultural inheritance from the Victorian era. Moreover, the book offers a case for reorienting attention in studies of film noir away from the narrow construction of the femme fatale phantom and toward a more open receptivity to the vibrant women, the compelling female narrative, and the imagery sympathetic to both that, Grossman argues, are all commonly on offer in film noir. Review Quote This is a compelling, informed, well-researched, and deeply original book. - G. A. Foster, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Choice Rethinking the Femme Fatale poses important questions for feminist work on noir, underlining how the style also remains a contested and rewarding critical terrain. - Yvonne Tasker, Journal of Gender Studies Description for Bookstore In the context of nineteenth-centuryVictorinoirand close readings of original-cycle film noir, the book 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. Details ISBN0230233287 Short Title RETHINKING THE FEMME FATALE IN Language English ISBN-10 0230233287 ISBN-13 9780230233287 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2009 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 791.43655 Place of Publication Basingstoke Pages 176 Birth 1962 Illustrations XI, 176 p. Subtitle Ready for Her Close-Up UK Release Date 2009-10-21 AU Release Date 2009-10-21 NZ Release Date 2009-10-21 Author J. Grossman Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date 2009-10-21 Alternative 9781349313341 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97219173;

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