Wolf-Women and Phantom Ladies : Female Desire in 1940s US Culture /
Dillon, Steven, 1960-
Wolf-Women and Phantom Ladies : Female Desire in 1940s US Culture / Steven Dillon. - Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - SUNY Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781438455815
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Women in literature.
Desire in literature.
Women in popular culture.
Women--Sexual behavior--Psychological aspects.
American literature.
Desire in literature.
Women.
Women in literature.
Women in popular culture.
Electronic Books.
PS173 / .W654 2015
Wolf-Women and Phantom Ladies : Female Desire in 1940s US Culture / Steven Dillon. - Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - SUNY Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781438455815
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Women in literature.
Desire in literature.
Women in popular culture.
Women--Sexual behavior--Psychological aspects.
American literature.
Desire in literature.
Women.
Women in literature.
Women in popular culture.
Electronic Books.
PS173 / .W654 2015