Grossman J. Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. — 189 p.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