Con Artists in Cinema - Self-Knowledge, Female Power, and Love

This book examines the con artist film as a genre, exploring its main features while also addressing variations within it.

List of contents

Introduction
1, Con Artist's Comeuppance and Cure: Matchstick Men
2. Revenge and Self-Knowledge: House of Games
3. The Femme Fatale as Con Artist: Body Heat
4. Improvising on the Run: The Last Seduction
5. Con Game as Prelude to Love: Birthday Girl
6. The Game of Brotherly Love
Index

About the author

Joseph H. Kupfer is University Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University, USA

Summary

This book examines the con artist film as a genre, exploring its main features while also addressing variations within it.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Kupfer, Joseph (Iowa State University Kupfer
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032428468
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242846-8
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: Routledge Focus on Film Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Gender studies, gender groups, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism