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Evil by Design

The Creation and Marketing of the Femme Fatale

Elizabeth K Menon author

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