[ecrea] new book: Cultural Constructions of the Femme Fatale - From Pandora's Box to Amanda Knox

Some colleagues may be interested in this new interdisciplinary study of 
the femme fatale, published yesterday:



Cultural Representations of the Femme Fatale: from Pandora’s Box to 
Amanda Knox takes a close look at the figure of the beautiful but lethal 
woman which has haunted the Western imagination from ancient myth 
(Pandora, Eve, Lilith) to contemporary cinema. The book discusses 
remarkable 'real life' cases of women on trial for murder who have been 
represented as 'femmes fatales', including Frances Howard in the court 
of King James I, Ruth Snyder (the inspiration for The Postman Always 
Rings Twice) in the 1920s and, most recently, Amanda Knox, accused of 
murdering a fellow student in Italy in 2007. This interdisciplinary 
study traces the figure of the femme fatale across a broad cultural map, 
considering representations in news media, drama, film, art and 
literature, and the relationships between them. By considering the ways 
each of these lethal women has been coded, decoded and re-encoded, this 
study reveals how Western culture and society has struggled to 
comprehend and contain female violence.



http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/cultural-constructions-of-the-femme-fatale-stevie-simkin/?K=9780230355699



A 30% discount is available using the code PM14THIRTY (terms and 
conditions for the offer here (apparently the offer does not apply in 
Australia and Canada): 
http://www.palgrave.com/page/Palgrave-discount-codes-terms-and-conditions/



Offer available until 31 December 2014.




Dr. Stevie Simkin

Reader in Drama and Film

Faculty of Arts

University of Winchester

SO22 4NR



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