Jans B. Wager is an assistant professor of English at Utah Valley State College in Orem, Utah.
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Dangerous Dames
Women and Representation in Film Noir and the Weimar Street Film
By Jans B. Wager
Both film noir and the Weimar street film hold a continuing fascination for film spectators and film theorists alike. The female characters, especially the alluring femmes fatales, remain a focus for critical and popular attention. In the tradition of such attention, Dangerous Dames focuses on the femme fatale and her antithesis, the femme attrapée.Unlike
