@article{1456726, recid = {1456726}, author = {Grossman, Julie,}, title = {Rethinking the femme fatale in film noir: ready for her close-up /}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,}, address = {Basingstoke, UK ;}, pages = {1 online resource (xi, 176 pages ) :}, year = {2009}, abstract = {"In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the 'femme fatale' figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized and has helped to sustain cultural obsessions with 'bad' women"--Provided by publisher.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1456726}, }