"A dame to kill for" or "a slut-- worth dying for" : women in the noir of Frank Miller

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Title:	"A dame to kill for" or "a slut-- worth dying for" : women in the noir of Frank Miller
Author:	Lamfers, Jordan Scott
Abstract:	The depictions of women in film noir and neo-noir have long been objects of interest for feminist scholars. In this report, I extend this scholarship to examine Frank Miller's Sin city graphic novel series as a version of neo-noir that is both intimately connected to noir tradition and innovative in its approach, specifically in terms of his representation of women. Miller depicts his female characters in a variety of ways that reflect both the positive and negative imagery of women in classic noir and neo-noir; in doing so, he creates a new and complex vision of women in noir. This report uses three different characterizations of women in film noir--the spider woman, the femme moderne, and the angel--to explore the ways in which Miller's female characters can be understood to simultaneously uphold and challenge these conventions.
Department:	English
Subject:	Film noir Graphic novels Frank Miller Sin city Noir fiction, American American literature 20th century Women in literature Comic books, strips, etc.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3545
Date:	2011-05