Violent Femmes: Women as Spies in Popular Culture

By Rosie White

Book Overview

The female spy has long exerted a strong grip on the popular imagination. This study proposes that the figure of the female spy constitutes a nexus of contradictory ideas about femininity, power, and sexuality in British and American culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415370787
• ISBN13: 9780415370783
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"