Wolf-Women and Phantom Ladies : Female Desire in 1940s US Culture /

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Provides encyclopedic coverage of female sexuality in 1940s popular culture. Popular culture in the 1940s is organized as patriarchal theater. Men gaze upon, evaluate, and coerce women, who are obliged in their turn to put themselves on sexual display. In such a thoroughly patriarchal society, what...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dillon, Steven, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2015.
Colección:SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory.
Temas:
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Desire in literature.
Women in popular culture.
Women > Sexual behavior > Psychological aspects.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Désir dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la culture populaire.
Femmes > Sexualité > Aspect psychologique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Thèmes, motifs.
Femmes > Dans la littérature.
Désir > Dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la culture populaire > États-Unis > 20e siècle.
Femmes > Sexualité > États-Unis > 20e siècle.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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