Killing a phantom—or resurrecting her? Reclaiming the femme fatale in contemporary U.S. and UK noir fiction

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Solomon, Suzanne A. (2025) Killing a phantom—or resurrecting her? Reclaiming the femme fatale in contemporary U.S. and UK noir fiction. Clues, 43 (1). pp. 73-86. ISSN 1940-3046

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Abstract

The femme fatale’s development in contemporary U.S. and UK noir fiction differs from hard-boiled fiction’s female investigator, who embodies a range of intersectional identities. This article posits that institutional inequities in U.S./UK publishing and a focus on a white, female, and middle-class readership have enabled a postfeminist recuperation of the femme fatale.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This article was originally published in Clues, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2025 by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	domestic noir,femme fatale,hard-boiled fiction,intersectionality,postfeminism,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions,sdg 5 - gender equality ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Related URLs:	https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/clues...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2025 09:30
Last Modified:	24 Jun 2025 00:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99486
DOI:	https://mcfarlandbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/7-Solomon-Clu431.pdf

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