Femme fatale revamped
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17159/Abstract
The femme fatale or the deadly female icon has been a popular theme throughout history. Whether she appeared as Helen of Troy, Circe, Medusa, Medea, Pandora or as the Sirens in Greek mythology; or whether she made her cameo appearance in Judeo-Christian culture in the characters of Eve, Jezebel, Delilah, Judith, Salome or Lillith, she nevertheless has made her presence felt in most mythological, social and religious systems. Nor has the figure of the femme fatale faded on the eve of the twenty-first century. Recently she has made her presence felt in the ‘deadly’ figures of Madonna, Naomi Campbell, Stella Tennant, Uma Thurman, Courtney Love, Tank Girl, Riot grrrls and in the Sissy Boy Jeans advertisements which form the focus of discussion in this article.
