{"product_id":"9781593931841","title":"Deadlier Than the Male: Femme Fatales in 1960s and 1970s Cinema","description":"THEY'LL LOVE YOU TO DEATH!\u003cp\u003eJames Bond's bad girls. Wicked queens of ancient myth. Bisexual vampire women. Teenage temptresses. Deadly dinosaur dames in fanciful fur bikinis. Golden princesses of porn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd many, many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were the wicked women of the 1960s and 1970s. While there have always been femme fatales in films, no one had ever believed anything like this pop-culture revolution could be possible, as overnight the 'new freedom of the screen' came into being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCensorship was out. Nudity was in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe golden age of the wicked woman lasted for two full decades. During that time, B-movies and exploitation flicks, as well as Hollywood A-movies and international cinema, played host to a remarkable array of deliciously deadly females who had two things in common:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were all drop dead gorgeous and they promised devoted fans \"the desired death.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with rare photos, filled with previously unknown details from the private lives of the very real women who incarnated these fantasy femmes, here is the ultimate encyclopedia of their on- and off-screen adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDOUGLAS BRODE is a novelist, graphic novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and multi-award-winning journalist. He created and taught the Film Classics program at Syracuse University until his retirement in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062505521392,"sku":"9781593931841","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593931841_p0.jpg?v=1763809618","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593931841","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}