The Femme Fatale: Images, Histories, Contexts

Hanson, Helen; O'Rawe, Catherine

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-07-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230203617

DOI: 10.1057/9780230282018

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 236