Date of Award
12-2008
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Program
Communications
Department
Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts
Major Professor
McGowan-Hartmann, John
Second Advisor
Daniel, Debra
Third Advisor
Day, Christine
Abstract
This thesis delves into three categories of femmes fatales: the ones of hard-boiled fiction/classic noir and contemporary noir. Moreover, it generates several comparisons among those aforementioned categories, and extrapolates on them. Third wave feminism and how it draws relevance/is significant to the Bound and The Last Seduction films is additionally explored in this thesis. This thesis will discuss the similarities of the femmes fatales of the '30s/1940s-50s and contemporary noir (1980s-90s), while delving into differences between them.
Recommended Citation
Brinker, Gretchen, "The Alluring and Manipulative "Spider Women" of the Silver Screen: Femmes Fatales of the Hard-Boiled Fiction, Classic Noir and Contemporary Noir Periods" (2008). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 887.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/887
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