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

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

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

dc.contributor.advisor	Bremen, Brian A.
dc.creator	Lamfers, Jordan Scott
dc.date.accessioned	2011-07-26T15:31:47Z
dc.date.available	2011-07-26T15:31:47Z
dc.date.created	2011-05
dc.date.issued	2011-07-26
dc.date.submitted	May 2011
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3545
dc.description.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.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.subject	Film noir
dc.subject	Graphic novels
dc.subject	Frank Miller
dc.subject	Sin city
dc.subject	Noir fiction, American
dc.subject	American literature
dc.subject	20th century
dc.subject	Women in literature
dc.subject	Comic books, strips, etc.
dc.title	"A dame to kill for" or "a slut-- worth dying for" : women in the noir of Frank Miller
dc.date.updated	2011-07-26T15:32:38Z
dc.identifier.slug	2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3545
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Kornhaber, Donna
dc.description.department	English
dc.type.genre	thesis
dc.type.material	text
thesis.degree.department	English
thesis.degree.discipline	English
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts