Cultural Constructions of the Femme Fatale From Pandora's Box to Amanda Knox /
The figure of the beautiful but lethal woman has haunted the Western imagination from ancient myth to contemporary film. Looking at news media, cinema, drama and other cultural forms, this study considers the interaction between representations of 'real life' 'femmes fatales' and...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137313324 |
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Summary: | The figure of the beautiful but lethal woman has haunted the Western imagination from ancient myth to contemporary film. Looking at news media, cinema, drama and other cultural forms, this study considers the interaction between representations of 'real life' 'femmes fatales' and their fictional counterparts. |
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Physical Description: | XII, 233 p. online resource. |
ISBN: | 9781137313324 |