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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.
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PART I: A RETROSPECTIVE: THE TOMBOY IN HISTORY
Rise of the Marketplace TomboyRenée M. Sentilles
The Momboy: Maternal Tomboys on StageLynn Deboeck
PART II: THE WRITTEN WORD: THE TOMBOY IN LITERATURE
Queer Epistemologies of the Tomboy in Stacey Waite's Butch GeographyCE Mackenzie
Reclaiming Female Power in Postcolonial Africa: The Tomboy in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous ConditionsTatiana Prorokova-Konrad
Tomboy Ethos in Children's Non-FictionJennifer Harrison
PART III: THE SMALL SCREEN: THE TOMBOY ON TELEVISION
"Whoever I Want to Be": Tomboy and/as Femme Fatale in Marvel's Agent CarterCara McClintock-Walsh
Tomboys, Annedroids and the New NormalRebecca Feasey
Misnomers and Contemporizations: An Examination of the Tomboy Figure in the Duffer Brothers' Stranger ThingsErica Joan Dymond
PART IV: THE VIRTUAL WORLD: THE TOMBOY IN VIDEO GAMES AND ON THE INTERNET
Beyond Good and Evil ... and Gender and Humanism? Exploring Jade as a Posthuman ProtagonistPoppy Wilde
How #Tomboy Instagram Reclaims the Tomboy from White, Middle-Class StraightWomen
Holly Wells
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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.
Riassunto
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.
