The “Femme” Fatale in Brazilian Cinema: Challenging Hollywood Norms

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-05-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349485703

DOI: 10.1057/9781137399212

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 215