Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index
At the margins of film noir : genre, range and female representation -- Reviewing the female gothic heroine : agency, identification and feminist film criticism -- Narrative journeys of the female gothic heroine -- Men in the woman's film : the gothic male, representation and female discourse -- Professional investigators and femmes fatales in neo-noir -- Reworking the woman's film : the neo-gothic heroine in contemporary cinema -- The currency of Hollywood heroines
