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Wolf-Women and phantom ladies : female desire in 1940s US culture / Steven Dillon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dillon, Steven, 1960- author.
- Series:
- SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory
- SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Women in literature.
- Desire in literature.
- Women in popular culture.
- Women--Sexual behavior--Psychological aspects.
- Women.
- Women--Sexual behavior.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 321 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Introduction. Sexual visibility, or, The duel in the sun
- Diana Trilling, female desire, and the study of popular culture
- The waiting room: female desire in women's wartime fiction
- He-wolves and she-wolves: from Tex Avery to Jackson Pollock
- Phantom ladies: on the radio and out of the closet
- White female desire wearing the masks of color
- What young women want: from high school to college
- The power and the horror: male and female cultural spaces
- Conclusion. Two phantom women: Ruth Herschberger and Elizabeth Hawes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438455792
- 1438455798
- OCLC:
- 886878788
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