Cultural Constructions of the Femme Fatale

From Pandora's Box to Amanda Knox

S. Simkin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

233 Seiten

2014 | 1st ed. 2014
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-34721-6 (ISBN)

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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.

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).

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Defining the Femme Fatale 2. Frances Howard (1590-1632) 3. Ruth Snyder (1891-1928) 4. Amanda Knox Conclusion References Notes

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	XII, 233 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	Amanda Knox • Crime • Earl Modern • Femme fatale • Film noir • Gender • Ruth Snyder • Tragedy • Trial • Violence
ISBN-10	1-349-34721-3 / 1349347213
ISBN-13	978-1-349-34721-6 / 9781349347216
Zustand	Neuware