The femme fatale : images, histories, contexts / edited by Helen Hanson and Catherine O'Rawe.

The fatal female figure has been a recurrent one in literature, the visual arts and cinema. Originating in early forms of stories and myths, such as those of Eve, the Sirens and Medusa, fatal women have been the focus of narratives of good and evil, of desire and danger and often mark societal bound...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors:	Hanson, Helen, O'Rawe, Catherine
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2010.
Subjects:	Femmes fatales in motion pictures. Femmes fatales in literature. Femmes fatales. Women in popular culture.