Postfeminism and the Fatale Figure in Neo-Noir Cinema - Rilegato

Lindop, Samantha

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ISBN 10: 1137503580 ISBN 13: 9781137503589

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Riassunto

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 .

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L'autore:

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

Product Description:

While the femme fatale has attracted considerable scholarly attention over the decades, Samantha Lindop's timely and engaging study is the first to trace the cinematic history of the character by also taking into account the spider woman's lesser known counterparts, the fille fatale and homme fatal. Lindop explores the earliest instances of noir, challenging some of the assumptions attached to the figure of that era, through to the most recent postmillennial phase of neo-noir production. She considers the multifaceted interactions between the histories, origins, and conventions of characters and genres, and the way these interweave into contemporary interpretations. In doing so, Lindop compellingly engages with current critical debates about dominant postfeminist discourse, particularly in relation to sexuality, nostalgia, aging, race, girlhood, and the postfeminist man. These themes are considered through close readings of the films Mulholland Drive, Chloe, Derailed, Sin City, Descent, Stoker, Hard Candy, Brick, Taking Lives, Mr Brooks, and In the Cut.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1137503580
• ISBN 13: 9781137503589
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 199