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Wolf-Women and phantom ladies : female desire in 1940s US culture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dillon, Steven, 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]
Series:SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory.
Subjects:
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Desire in literature.
Women in popular culture.
Women > Sexual behavior > Psychological aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.