Handyside, Fiona (2018) Book review: the contemporary femme fatale: gender, genre and American cinema by Katherine Farrimond. LSE Review of Books (04 May 2018). Website.
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Abstract
In The Contemporary Femme Fatale: Gender, Genre and American Cinema, Katherine Farrimond shows how the femme fatale - primarily associated with the classic film noirs of the 1940s and 1950s – remains a remarkably resilient and malleable figure in the present, tracing her appearance across a variety of genres in contemporary US cinema. This is a well-argued, convincing study, writes Fiona Handyside, with a reading of the femme fatale that demonstrates her capacity to pose vital and complex questions about the representation of women’s agency, sexuality and desire in the current cultural landscape.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks |
| Additional Information: | © 2018 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2018 13:55 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2025 06:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/89690 |
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