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Vamps : an illustrated history of the female fatale / by Pam Keesey.

Title
Vamps : an illustrated history of the female fatale / by Pam Keesey.
Author
Keesey, Pam, 1964-
Publication
San Francisco, Calif. : Cleis Press, 1997.

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Description
171 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Subject
  • Femmes fatales > History
  • Femmes fatales in art
  • Femmes fatales in literature
  • Femmes fatales in motion pictures
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
ch. 1. "Good evening, I am Vampira" -- ch. 2. The goddess in every vampire -- ch. 3. "All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman" -- ch. 4. The rise of the modern vampire -- ch. 5. The romantic agony : 19th century images of the fatal woman -- ch. 6. Theda Bara : face of a vampire, heart of a feministe -- ch. 7. Sirens of the silver screen -- ch. 8. "Cinderella in a nightmare" : the allure of the female vampire -- ch. 9. "She gives you that weird feeling" : the golden ages of lesbian vampires -- ch. 10. That's no lady, that's Sharon Stone -- ch. 11. Vamps and vampires : the nineties and beyond -- ch. 12. In praise of wicked women.
ISBN
1573440264 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^97038082^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library