The Femme Fatale Images Histories Contexts

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The Femme Fatale Images Histories Contexts

Author	: Helen Hanson
File Size	: 42,8 Mb
Publisher	: Springer
Language	: English
Release Date	: 20 July 2010
ISBN	: 9780230282018
Pages	: 236 pages

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The Femme Fatale Images Histories Contexts by Helen Hanson Book PDF Summary

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.

The Femme Fatale Images Histories Contexts by Helen Hanson,Catherine O'Rawe

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