Women in film noir /

Women in film noir / edited by E. Ann Kaplan. - Rev. ed. - London : BFI, [1989, reprint] - 132 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Klute 1: a contemporary film noir and feminist criticism -- Women's place: the absent family of film noir -- Women in film noir -- Duplicity in Mildred Pierce -- The place of women in Fritz Lang's the blue gardenia -- Resistance through charisma: Rita Hayworth and Gilda -- Double indemnity -- Klute 2: feminsim and Klute

For this expanded edition, the editor has brought together further essays which reflect the renewed interest in Film Noir which is apparent in many of today's most popular movies.



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Women in motion pictures
Detective and mystery films--History and criticism
Film noir--History and criticism--United States
Film history, theory & criticism
Gender studies: women & girls