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- Title
SEX RATIO, SOCIO-SEXUALITY, AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE FEMME FATALE IN CLASSIC FRENCH AND AMERICAN FILM NOIR.
- Authors
Walker-Morrison, Deborah
- Abstract
The article discusses the influence of imbalanced post-World War II sex ratios in France and the United States on the rise of the role of the femme fatale character in both French and American film noirs of the 1940s and early 1950s. Films considered include "Double Indemnity," "Johnny Guitar," "Les Diaboliques," and "Manon."
- Subjects
FEMMES fatales in motion pictures; FILM noir -- History &; criticism; SEX ratio -- Social aspects; FRENCH films -- History &; criticism; AMERICAN films -- History &; criticism; MANON (Film); DOUBLE indemnity; LES Diaboliques (Film)
- Publication
Film & History (03603695), 2015, Vol 45, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0360-3695
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/flm.2015.a589136