Reclaiming the Tomboy

The Body, Representation, and Identity

Erica Joan Dymond, Jennifer Harrison, Holly Wells (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

254 Seiten

2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781793622945 (ISBN)

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With the tomboy figure currently operating in a liminal space between extinction and resurgence, this collection is an unabashed celebration of her rebellious, independent, and pioneering spirit. Reclaiming the Tomboy: The Body, Identity, and Representation pays tribute to tomboys of the past, present, and (hopefully) future.

With the tomboy figure currently operating in a liminal space between extinction and resurgence, Reclaiming the Tomboy: The Body, Identity, and Representation is an unabashed celebration of her rebellious, independent, and pioneering spirit. This collection examines the tomboy as she appears throughout history, in the arts and in real-life. It also addresses how she has changed over the centuries, adapting to the world around her and breaking new boundaries in new ways (sometimes with a "simple" selfie). While this collection addresses the claim of the tomboy as being antiquated or even "problematic," it more vigorously offers examples of where she is thriving and benefiting from her tomboy identity. Ultimately, this book underscores the tomboy's legacy as well as why she is still relevant, if not needed, today.

Erica Joan Dymond is assistant professor of English at East Stroudsburg University. Jen Harrison is a freelance writer, editor, and dissertation coach. Holly Wells is associate professor of English at East Stroudsburg University.

PART I: A RETROSPECTIVE: THE TOMBOY IN HISTORY
1.Rise of the Marketplace Tomboy
Renée M. Sentilles
2.The Momboy: Maternal Tomboys on Stage
Lynn Deboeck
PART II: THE WRITTEN WORD: THE TOMBOY IN LITERATURE
3.Queer Epistemologies of the Tomboy in Stacey Waite’s Butch Geography
CE Mackenzie
4.Reclaiming Female Power in Postcolonial Africa: The Tomboy in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions
Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad
5.Tomboy Ethos in Children’s Non-Fiction
Jennifer Harrison
PART III: THE SMALL SCREEN: THE TOMBOY ON TELEVISION
6.“Whoever I Want to Be”: Tomboy and/as Femme Fatale in Marvel’s Agent Carter
Cara McClintock-Walsh
7.Tomboys, Annedroids and the New Normal
Rebecca Feasey
8.Misnomers and Contemporizations: An Examination of the Tomboy Figure in the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things
Erica Joan Dymond
PART IV: THE VIRTUAL WORLD: THE TOMBOY IN VIDEO GAMES AND ON THE INTERNET
9.Beyond Good and Evil … and Gender and Humanism? Exploring Jade as a Posthuman Protagonist
Poppy Wilde

Erscheinungsdatum	11.07.2022
Co-Autor	Lynn Deboeck, Erica Joan Dymond
Zusatzinfo	8 b/w illustrations;3 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 228 mm
Gewicht	553 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-13	9781793622945 / 9781793622945
Zustand	Neuware