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Cultural Constructions of the Femme Fatale: From Pandora´s Box to Amanda Knox
Stevie Simkin
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Description for Cultural Constructions of the Femme Fatale: From Pandora´s Box to Amanda Knox
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
420g
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230355699
SKU
V9780230355699
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99-15
About Stevie Simkin
Stevie Simkin is Reader in Drama and Film at the University of Winchester, UK. He is the author of, among other works, studies of Basic Instinct (2013) and Straw Dogs (2011) in the Controversies series, Early Modern Tragedy and the Cinema of Violence (2005)and A Preface to Marlowe (2000).
Reviews for Cultural Constructions of the Femme Fatale: From Pandora´s Box to Amanda Knox
In this fascinating study, Stevie Simkin traces the murderous figure of the femme fatale from her early modern roots to her present day incarnation ... It will be of great interest to scholars of literature and film, as well as those located in gender studies and criminology. - Lizzie Seal, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Sussex, UK ... Read more