The Femme Fatale: Images, Histories, Contexts
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Criticism, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Entertainment, Performing Arts
| Author: | Helen Hanson, Catherine O'Rawe | ISBN: | 9780230282018 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | July 20, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Helen Hanson, Catherine O'Rawe |
| ISBN: | 9780230282018 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | July 20, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
