Women Vigilantes and Outlaws in American Popular Media - Who Was That Masked Woman?

This interdisciplinary collection of essays examines how women vigilantes, social bandits, outlaws, and anti-heroines were represented in American novels, movie serials, radio dramas, films, comics, and pulp fiction, from the post-Civil War era through World War II.

Info autore

Gregory Bray teaches at SUNY New Paltz, USA, where he instructs classes on filmmaking and theory. His films and publications explore nostalgia and popular culture. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Popular Culture, and a peer-reviewer for the Broadcast Education Association. Recent work includes the film Escapism and the book chapter "She Laughs by Night" about Batman's Harley Quinn.
Andrew J. Ball is a member of the Affiliated Faculty of the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College, USA. He specializes in American literature and culture, continental philosophy, and media studies. He is the author of The Economy of Religion in American Literature: Culture and the Politics of Redemption (2022) and the editor of The Essential Lectures of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1890-1894 (2024).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gregory Ball Bray
• Con la collaborazione di: Ball Andrew J. (Editore), Gregory Bray (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032700809
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3270080-9
• Pagine: 186
• Serie: Outlaws in Literature, History, and Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / Women, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards