The ¿Femme¿ Fatale in Brazilian Cinema

Challenging Hollywood Norms
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48570-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 215 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2873 g

In film, the femme fatale has long been constructed as a beautiful heterosexual Caucasian woman. Da Silva shows the need to incorporate diverse ethnic groups and male homosexuals into the range of "femmes" fatales and examines how the Brazilian representations cross gender, race, and class and offer alternatives to the dominant Hollywood model.

Zielgruppe

Research

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Black Femme Fatale in Xica da Silva 2. The Femme Fatale's "Troubled" Gender in Madame Satã 3. Social Class and the Virgin/Whore Dichotomy in Bonitinha mas ordinária 4. The Fetish 'Dirt' as 'Social Pollution': The Married Femme Fatale in A dama do lotação 5. The 'Abject' Lesbian Fatale in As intimidades de Analu e Fernanda 6. 'Quoting' the Film-Noir Femme Fatale in A dama do Cine Shanghai Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Antônio Márcio da Silva is Coordinator of Portuguese Studies at the University of Kent, UK.