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