Tomboys

A Literary and Cultural History

Michelle Ann Abate author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.

Published:15th Oct '08

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Tomboys cover

Starting with the figure of the bold, boisterous girl in the mid-19th century and ending with the 'girl power' movement of the 1990's, this title provides a critical study of this gender-bending code of female conduct. It traces the literary and cultural transformations that the concept of 'tomboy' has undergone in the United States.The history of the shifting image of the tomboy in popular culture

“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

ISBN: 9781592137237

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm

Weight: unknown

338 pages