Cultural Constructions of the Femme Fatale: From Pandora's Box to Amanda Knox

By Stevie Simkin

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349347213
• ISBN13: 9781349347216
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"