List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Beyond the Limits of Noir Scholarship

1. What Makes Those Dames so Deadly?

2. The New Fatale: 1980-1999

3. Mad, Bad, and Queer

4. Con-Artists, Valkyries, and Revenge Seekers

5. What are (Fatal) Little Girls Made of?

6. Playtime is Over

7. Duplicity, Desire, and the Deadly Man

8. Turning the Spotlight on the Homme Fatal

Notes

Selected Filmography

Works Cited