The Contemporary Femme Fatale: Gender, Genre and American Cinema

ISBN-13: 9780367878115 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 192 str.

Katherine Farrimond

Opis

This book charts the articulations of the femme fatale in American cinema of the past twenty years, and contends that, despite her problematic relationship with feminism, she offers a vital means for reading the connections between mainstream cinema and representations of female agency. 

O autorze

Katherine Farrimond is Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. Her research focuses on the intersections of the body, sexuality and gender in contemporary popular film and television. She has published work on the femme fatale, genre, nostalgia and virginity.