women in film noir and the female gothic film
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Hanson, Helen
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2007 - B
- Thesaurus
- films, heldinnen, vrouwbeelden, feminisme, historisch, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Examination of gothic heroines of Hollywood cinema and their meanings in film noir and the female gothic film. The author describes the ways in which the films represented women in the American film industry and culture of the 1940s and their revival in neo-noir and neo-gothic films from the 1980s to the present. She also places the female figures of the femme fatale, female investigator and gothic heroine within the contexts of the film industry and debates in feminist film criticism. She describes diferent female figures, representations and actions in film noir and the female gothic film, and argues that these women are part of a negotiation of female identities, desires and roles.