Kaplan describes the stereotype of the 'femme fatale' or the evil seductress as being one of the oldest themes of literature, art and mythology in Western culture.
"She is as old as Eve and as current as today's movies." P. 47
"Film Noir is a male fantsay," P.47
Kaplan describes 'The shock of the new femme fatale'
"If the fatales of the 40s and 50s were marked out fromt he vamp by their hunger for indepencdence, their unfeminine ambition or unsettling sexuality, the threat they posed to cultural norms was merely that of the woman outside the conventional social structures. But in the 90s, the new freestanding 'fatale' willingly inhabits the cultural margins; what motivates her is her enormous appetite for power, money and sex." P. 170
"She is as old as Eve and as current as today's movies." P. 47
"Film Noir is a male fantsay," P.47
Kaplan describes 'The shock of the new femme fatale'
"If the fatales of the 40s and 50s were marked out fromt he vamp by their hunger for indepencdence, their unfeminine ambition or unsettling sexuality, the threat they posed to cultural norms was merely that of the woman outside the conventional social structures. But in the 90s, the new freestanding 'fatale' willingly inhabits the cultural margins; what motivates her is her enormous appetite for power, money and sex." P. 170
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