Idols of Perversity and Evil Sisters
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Idols of Perversity is a book by Bram Dijkstra. Its full title is Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-siècle Culture (1986)
The book discusses vamp imagery, femmes fatales, and similar threatening images of female sexuality in a number of works of literature and art. In comedian Steve Martin's short novel Shopgirl, Martin's heroine claims that Idols of Perversity is her favourite book.
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