Evil by Design
The Creation and Marketing of the Femme Fatale
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Published:17th May '06
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French print media and the image of the "depraved" woman
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.French print media and the image of the
"An invaluable first collection of fascinating images from the periodical press of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century."--H-France Review
ISBN: 9780252073236
Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 20mm
Weight: 739g
360 pages