Abstract
The femme fatale’s development in contemporary U.S. and UK noir fiction differs from hard-boiled fiction’s female investigator, who embodies a range of intersectional identities. This article posits that institutional inequities in U.S./UK publishing and a focus on a white, female, and middle-class readership have enabled a postfeminist recuperation of the femme fatale.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 73-86 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Clues |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 5 Apr 2025 |
Keywords
- domestic noir
- femme fatale
- hard-boiled fiction
- intersectionality
- postfeminism
Access to Document
- Killing a Phantom_CLUES V43 No 1 2025
This article was originally published in Clues, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2025 by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.