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Evil by Design: The Creation and Marketing of the Femme Fatale
Elizabeth K. Menon
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Description for Evil by Design: The Creation and Marketing of the Femme Fatale
Paperback. Documents the search for the origins of the iconic "femme fatale" who was depicted as a dangerous, depraved, and deadly woman. This book argues that the evolution of the femme fatale, with both literary and visual links to the biblical Eve figure, came as a response to increasing feminism and the desire by men to halt its spread. Num Pages: 360 pages, 126 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AC; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 736.
French print media and the image of the
French print media and the image of the
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252073236
SKU
V9780252073236
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About Elizabeth K. Menon
Elizabeth K. Menon is an assistant professor of art history at Purdue University, and the author of The Complete Mayeux: Use and Abuse of a French Icon.
Reviews for Evil by Design: The Creation and Marketing of the Femme Fatale
"An invaluable first collection of fascinating images from the periodical press of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century."
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