Tomboys

First full-length critical study of tomboyism, uncovering the origins of this code of conduct, charting its trajectory and tracing its literary and cultural transformations

Starting with the figure of a bold, boisterous girl in the mid-nineteenth century and ending with the "girl power" movement of the 1990s, this is the study of tomboyism, uncovering the origins of this code of conduct, charting its trajectory and tracing its literary and cultural transformations.The history of the shifting image of the tomboy in popular culture