Violent femmes : women as spies in popular culture / Rosie White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Rosie, 1964-

Series:

Transformations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women spies on television.

Women spies in motion pictures.

Women spies in literature.

Spies in literature.

Physical Description:

166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

The female spy has long exerted a strong grip on the popular imagination. With reference to popular fiction, film and television Violent Femmesexamines the figure of the female spy as a nexus of contradictory ideas about femininity, power, sexuality and national identity. Fictional representations of women as spies have recurrently traced the dynamic of women's changing roles in British and American culture. Employing the central trope of women who work as spies, Rosie White examines cultural shifts during the twentieth century regarding the role of women in the professional workplace. Violent Femmes examines the female spy as a figure in popular discourse which simultaneously conforms to cultural stereotypes and raises questions about women's roles in British and American culture, in terms of gender, sexuality and national identity. Immensely useful for a wide range of courses such as film and television studies, English, cultural studies, women's studies, gender studies, media studies, communications and history, this book will appeal to students from undergraduate level upwards. n studies, English, cultural studies, women's studies, gender studies, media studies, communications and history, this book will appeal to students from undergraduate level upwards.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-162) and index.

ISBN:

9780415370776

0415370779

9780415370783

0415370787

9780203030578

0203030575

OCLC:

123028958