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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Jeff wrote:
>
> "This is a big theme in David Goodis' novels. In
many of his books you
> get the femme fatale and the angel. Can't remember
if it was also
blonde
> vs. brunette, but it wouldn't surprise me. Maybe
some of the Goodis
> experts can here can tell you."
>
> I can't remember the hair color of Goodis's women
either (or even if
his
> madonnas and whores have different hair colors), but
the title Blonde
on
> the Street Corner implies there might be a
connection.
>
> Mark
>
In 1908, the New York Times published an interesting article
related to this literary convention.
"THE DOMINANT CRIMINAL IN AMERICA IS BLONDE; In Spite of
Literary and Artistic Tradition to the Contrary, It Is the
People of Light and Not Dark Complexion Who Show the
Strongest Tendency to Crime, According to Major Charles E.
Woodruff."
PDF file of the article here:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?
_r=1&res=9804EFDB133EE233A25750C1A96F9C946997D6CF&oref=slogin
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