How Film Noir Tried to Scare Women out of Working - JSTOR Daily
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In the period immediately following World War II, the femme fatale embodied a host of male anxieties about gender roles.
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Film Noir: A Guide : Pop Culture Happy Hour : NPR
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Zombie, Ultimate Pop Culture Wiki
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cinema and politics – Cinema history
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Death and Lipstick: Commercial Moments in Niagara - Burditt - 2021 - The Journal of American Culture - Wiley Online Library
The Noir Files
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Film & Media Archives - Page 15 of 31 - JSTOR Daily
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Hollywood
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FILM NOIR OF THE WEEK: The Woman in the Window (1944)
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Weekly Inspiration: Film Noir
What do most mainstream feminists think about the femme fatale archetype in film and literature? Is it empowering or sexist or neither? - Quora