Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of W rzburg (Neuphilologisches Institut), language: English, abstract: This paper will try to illustrate the basic concepts of negative femininity and positive masculinity in film noir created by the male gaze. By making use of feminist film theory and especially Laura Mulvey's essay "Visual Pleasure and the Narrative Cinema"...