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- Title
COLONIAL VIRILITY AND THE FEMME FATALE: SCENES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES IN FRENCH INDOCHINA.
- Authors
Yee, Jennifer
- Abstract
Looks at the role played by the femme fatale as a literary figure in French novels in the context of colonial Indochina. Cliches describing the femme fatale in the novels; Femme fatale in `Le Chemin de la victoire' by Emile Nolly; Representation of the blonde and the dark woman in Claude Farrere's `Les Civilises'; Association between death and the femme fatale in `Le Kilometre 83' by Henry Daguerches.
- Subjects
FEMMES fatales in literature; LE Chemin de la victoire (Book); FRENCH literature; HISTORY of Indochina
- Publication
French Studies, 2000, Vol 54, Issue 4, p469
- ISSN
0016-1128
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/fs/LIV.4.469