| The Femme Fatale: Images, Histories, Contexts 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Hanson, Helen (Author), O'Rawe, Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230203612 ISBN-13: 9780230203617 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Essays |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (0.90 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |