Fatal Attraction

What you really want to watch. There are certain films and shows that resonate with audiences everywhere they generate discussion and debate about everything from gender, class, citizenship and race, to consumerism and social identity. This new teachable canon of film and television introduces students to alternative classics that range from silent film to CSI . This 1987 horror/thriller sensationalizes the deadly consequences of an extra–marital affair in an era known for conspicuous consumption and the re–emergence of family values A box office blockbuster, Fatal Attraction sparked intense media coverage, preying upon cultural anxieties about female sexuality, career women, work, violence, and infidelity Teachable through formal analysis, American film history, and the emerging study of post–feminism

List of Illustrations.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. I m Not Going to be Ignored, Dan : Narrative Cues for Suspense and Intimidation.

2. American Genres in Fatal Attraction.

3. Career Women of the 1980s: Feminism and the Reception History of Fatal Attraction.

4. Erotic Sexuality, AIDS, and the Case for Staying Faithful.

5. Female Identities and Postfeminist Paradigms.

Notes.

Works Cited.

Index.