Hollywood Heroines

The endangered and dangerous female figures of "e;Rebecca"e;, of "e;Jagged Edge"e; and "e;What Lies Beneath"e; have a deserved and endures fascination. Helen Hanson re-examines these gothic heroines of Hollywood and their meanings, in two of Hollywood's key generic cycles, film noir and the female gothic film. Starting at the beginning, with the origin of these cycles and the ways in which they re...