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Postfeminism and the Fatale Figure in Neo-Noir Cinema

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. What Makes Those Dames So Deadly?

    • Samantha Lindop
    Pages 19-43
  3. The New Fatale: 1980–1999

    • Samantha Lindop
    Pages 44-58
  4. Mad, Bad, and Queer

    • Samantha Lindop
    Pages 59-75
  5. Con-Artists, Valkyries, and Revenge Seekers

    • Samantha Lindop
    Pages 76-92
  6. What Are (Fatal) Little Girls Made of?

    • Samantha Lindop
    Pages 93-103
  7. Playtime Is Over

    • Samantha Lindop
    Pages 104-124
  8. Duplicity, Desire, and the Deadly Man

    • Samantha Lindop
    Pages 125-141
  9. Turning the Spotlight on the Homme Fatal

    • Samantha Lindop
    Pages 142-165
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 166-199

About this book

This book is a thought-provoking study that expands on film scholarship on noir and feminist scholarship on postfeminism, subjectivity, and representation to provide an inclusive, sophisticated, and up-to-date analysis of the femme fatale , fille fatale , and homme fatal from the classic era through to recent postmillennial neo-noir .

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Queensland, Australia

    Samantha Lindop

About the author

Samantha Lindop is an academic at the Schools of Communication and Arts at The University of Queensland, Australia.

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Softcover Book USD 34.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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