Dominique Mainon

Dominique Mainon

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About Dominique Mainon

Dominique Mainon has authored multiple books on cinema history, pop-culture, and gender-related studies. She is also a screenwriter, indie filmmaker and guerrilla artist. Her next two books in progress are:

SURBURBAN APOCALYPSE: THE DEBASEMENT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM IN CINEMA

and RISE OF THE MACHINES: ROBOTS, ANDROIDS AND CYBORGS INVADE CINEMA, with Scott Tapio.

Published work currently available:

FEMME FATALE: CINEMA'S MOST UNFORGETTABLE LETHAL LADIES (Hal Leonard/Limelight Editions)

CINEMA OF OBSESSION: EROTIC FIXATION AND LOVE GONE WRONG IN THE MOVIES (Hal Leonard/Limelight Editions)

THE MODERN AMAZONS: WARRIOR WOMEN ON-SCREEN (Hal Leonard/Limelight Editions)

TASCHEN MOVIE ICONS: MAE WEST (part of series edited by Paul Duncan).

For further information on other books that Dominique has authored, co-authored or contributed to, such as The GANGSTER FILM READER, edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini, visit DominiqueMainon.com.

Dominique's film work includes an ongoing documentary film project called AUKAI COLLINS: HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL about the life of former mujahideen warrior Aukai "Aqil" Collins turned FBI operative and bounty hunter. (See his controversial book, MY JIHAD)

Interact with Dominique Mainon at the following pages and networks:

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dominiquemainon

homepage: http://www.dominiquemainon.com

blog: http://dominiquemainon.blogspot.com

twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dominiquemainon

myspace: http://www.myspace.com/dominiquemainon

All books are available on amazon.com, dominiquemainon.com or in book stores. Dominique welcomes contact and collaboration with other artists.

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Femme Fatale: Cinema's Most Unforgettable Lethal Ladies (Limelight) Oct 1, 2009

by James Ursini

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From the femme fatale of the early cinema to her post-feminist rebirth, this lavishly illustrated book and comprehensive guide traces the history of these dangerously alluring, manipulative, and desperate lethal ladies. Femme Fatale surveys the history of the femme fatale in world cinema, with more than 300 photographs testifying to the power of these mysterious women. The book begins with the silent period and its vamps, like Theda Bara, Pola Negri, Clara Bow, and Bebe Daniels, then moves on to the Pre-Code sound period of American films, which, showing liberated attitudes toward sex and women, featured actresses like Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, and Greta Garbo. The story continues with the noir 1940s, when the femme fatale became truly lethal – including actresses like Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, and Barbara Stanwyck. In the repressive 1950s, the international femme fatale took the fore – Brigitte Bardot, Maria Felix, Elizabeth Taylor, Anita Ekberg, etc. Finally, the authors turn to the revolutionary post-feminist modern period, with an array of lethal ladies from all over the world, like Pam Grier, Salma Hayek, Gong Li, Angelina Jolie, and Sharon Stone.

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The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen Mar 1, 2006

by James Ursini

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The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen documents the public's seemingly insatiable fascination with the warrior woman archetype in film and on television. The book examines the cautious beginnings of new roles for women in the late fifties, the rapid development of female action leads during the burgeoning second-wave feminist movement in the late sixties and seventies, and the present-day onslaught of female action characters now leaping from page to screen. The book itself is organized into chapters that group women warriors into sub-genres, e.g., classic Amazons like Xena Warrior Princess and the women of the Conan films; superheroes and their archenemies such as Wonder Woman, Batgirl, and Catwoman; revenge films such as the Kill Bill movies; Sexploitation and Blaxploitation films such as Coffy and the Ilsa trilogy; Hong Kong cinema and warriors like Angela Mao, Cynthia Rothrock, and Zhang Ziyi; sci-fi warriors from Star Trek, Blade Runner, and Star Wars; supersleuths and spies like the Avengers and Charlie's Angels; and gothic warriors such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kate Beckinsale in Underworld and Van Helsing. In addition, the book is lavishly illustrated with over 400 photos of these popular-culture icons in action, interesting articles and sidebars about themes, trends, weapons, style, and trivia, as well as a complete filmography of more than 150 titles.

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