Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History - Couverture rigide

Abate, Michelle Ann

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1592137229 ISBN 13 : 9781592137220

Editeur : Temple University Press,U.S., 2008

Synopsis

Book by Abate Michelle Ann

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Starting with the figure of a bold, boisterous girl in the mid-nineteenth century and ending with the "girl power" movement of the 1990s, "Tomboys" is the first full-length critical study of this gender-bending code of female conduct. Michelle Abate uncovers the origins, charts the trajectory, and traces the literary and cultural transformations that the concept of "tomboy" has undergone in the United States. Abate focuses on literature including Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" and Carson McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding" and films such as Peter Bogdanovich's "Paper Moon".She also draws on lesser-known texts like E.D.E.N. Southworth's once wildly popular 1859 novel "The Hidden Hand", Cold War lesbian pulp fiction, and New Queer Cinema from the 1990s. "Tomboys" also explores the gender and sexual dynamics of tomboyism, and offers intriguing discussions of race and ethnicity's role in the construction of the enduring cultural archetype. Abate's insightful analysis provides useful, thought-provoking connections between different literary works and eras. The result demystifies this cultural phenomenon and challenges readers to consider tomboys in a whole new light.

Revue de presse :

"An ambitious and exciting book that examines representations of what could be considered tomboys, in U.S. fiction and film, since 1859. The scope is impressive: Abate has done a great deal of archival research to unearth the titles she examines and cites many relevant theoretical and critical texts." --Beverly Lyon Clark, Wheaton College

"The author provides a detailed look at the dynamic trajectory of the tomboy 'code of conduct' in popular literature, pulp fiction, and Hollywood film....Abate suggests that the dynamic evolution of the tomboy represents wider social and cultural debates within the US." --CHOICE, May 2009

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1592137229
• ISBN 13: 9781592137220
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328